Military

The Dutch military is trying out a new secret weapon: introverts

We have a tendency to glorify extroversion as a necessary trait in our leaders—but that’s now changing.
Officer Mike Erwin’s opinion about the military’s extrovert ideal shifted during his tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. “I started noticing a trend,” he tells Quartz. “Many of these great leaders were fiercely quiet. They were men of few words and very good at planning and very deliberate when they spoke with great intent and great conviction. And everybody would listen.”