Seattle, Washington
Areas of Expertise:
- Innovation
- Public Speaking
- Management
- Project management
- Philosophy
- Interaction design
- usability
- creative thinking
- user experience
- speaking
- training
- writing
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Scott blogs at:
http://www.scottberkun.com
Summary: Best posts on Getting feedback
May 21 2013
I’m speaking today at An Event Apart San Diego about Feedback Without Frustration. Here’s a summary of my best related blog posts: How To Get Better Feedback How To Run A Design Critique How To Give and Receive Criticism How To Run A Brainstorming Meeting How To Be Good At Anything Top… read moreMay 15 2013
I spoke at TEDXDepaul last month, on the invitation of Daniel Gurevich. He gave me free reign to decide what to talk about, a liberty I enjoy, so if you like this talk you can thank him too. At the event I met Alexis Finch, who was sketchnoting the event at… read moreWhy hats and iPads are speaking mistakes
May 06 2013
I spoke at TEDXDepaul last month and it was a fantastic event. The organizers Daniel Gurevich and Matt Helbig did a fine job from a speaker’s perspective. They chose a great venue, sold every ticket, paid for good A/V, the stage was well lit, and they had a great roster of other… read moreWhy I’m not a fan of teams or religions
April 29 2013
I don’t root for sports teams for the same reason I’m not religious. The divisions between one group and another are too arbitrary to hold my attention. If you ask a fan why they root for their particular team, it takes them some time to answer. Being a fan is… read moreApril 19 2013
There are two different uses of the word myth: A falsehood, as in “the weight loss myth” A story with metaphorical truth even if not factually accurate I spend time on this blog debunking factual myths, even for things as boring as mythical numbers in schedule estimates, because I have expertise and… read moreWhy it’s ok to buy books and not read them
April 18 2013
I used to feel guilty about books I own but haven’t read. They’d sit in piles making me feel unworthy as a writer, and reader. And no matter how many books I’d read in a year, I’d always find myself buying more. I couldn’t win. It was a destructive cycle and… read moreWhat I learned from Improv Class
April 16 2013
A decade ago I took a class in improvisation on a dare with some friends. I was surprised how much the class helped me experience daily life. It made me a better speaker and teacher too. Recently I decided to take improv class again, and again I was surprised. I’d… read moreApril 15 2013
I’m 41 years old today and I never expected to live this long. Although I’ve spent more time in hospitals than I’d have liked, my lifespan expectations were not born from a specific reason. I simply recall as a teenager imagining the totality of my life and somehow those imaginations… read moreDon’t Go Back to School: Book Review
April 13 2013
I wrote recently about whether a college degree is worth the expense, and when I heard about Kio Stark’s new book called Don’t Go Back To School: A Handbook For Learning Anything, I was intrigued. I asked her for a copy in exchange for consideration for writing a review, and… read moreHow to Build A Billion Dollar Company (A critique)
April 11 2013
A recent post called The Surest way to build a billion dollar company by James Slavet tries to look at data from the past to explain a plan for how to be a billion dollar company (And thankfully he never uses the i-word once). If you like his premise it’s a… read moreApril 09 2013
Stacey Hanke asked on twitter: Why when I ask for feedback, it’s never constructive, it’s always vague “good job, nice work,” what does it take to get thorough feedback? Feedback feels like confrontation to most people and they don’t want to risk starting a fight with you. They’ve learned many… read moreApril 06 2013
I’ll be updating this post with notes from each speaker - Rules: I will revise and update all day long, cleaning up links and sloppy grammar. This is now the edited version of my notes from TedXDePaul 2013, held Saturday April 6th at the Museum of Contemporary Art, hosted by Daniel Gurevich and… read moreThe best definition of Innovation
April 04 2013
For years I’ve studied the use of the use and abuse of the word innovation. Mostly it’s used as jargon, without any meaningful intent at all. I’ve complained about this for years, which naturally leads to people asking me to stop whining and offer a definition. I generally recommend people… read moreWebcast: The Myths of Innovation: Remixed and Remastered
October 13, 2010
With the release of the new paperback edition of the classic bestseller, The Myths of Innovation, Berkun is back with new stories, advice and inspirations based on the true history and present of innovation. Scott will share lessons and insights ...
Webcast - Confessions of a Public Speaker
December 02, 2009
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free For leaders, managers and anyone who speaks and expects someone to listen, Scott Berkun shares an insider's perspective on how to effectively present ideas to anyone. Loosely based on his third book, ...
Webcast: How progress happens: the down and dirty truths and secrets that make innovation possible
March 19, 2009
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Talking about innovation is easy--making change happen in organizations is ridiculously hard. But there are things we can learn from the history of technology, political revolution and change, and there...
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