Psychology says people who are known as the quiet one at work aren’t disengaged or unfriendly — they’re often the ones processing every conversation at a depth most people in the room haven’t noticed yet
Most workplaces have one: the person known as the quiet one. They sit through the meeting saying little, offer the occasional short remark, and let others fill the air. It is easy to read that silence as disengagement, aloofness, or simply not having much to add. The psychology o…