Scott Berkun

@berkun

Bestselling author of The Myths of Innovation, Confessions of a Public Speaker, Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds & other fine books

Seattle, WA
scottberkun.com/about
Joined April 2009
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    5 Feb 2015

    All progress hinges on the gap between who will talk in private and who will act in public

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  2. 8 minutes ago

    It sure feels like Friday

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  3. 6 hours ago

    seems more like passive pessimism vs practical optimism (or cynical optimism?)

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  4. 7 hours ago

    I'm sure there's a better way to label the distinction, but that's my first try. Suggestions?

  5. 7 hours ago

    Passive vs. Active pessimism: The difference between merely pointing out problems vs. also being willing to work hard to fix them

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  6. 9 hours ago

    The Myth of a Perfect Design

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  7. 10 hours ago

    "if you were designing the worst place to be poor... you’d come up w/ a low-density, auto-dependent, aging suburb."

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  8. 10 hours ago

    The Real World of Technology (Book Review)

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  9. 20 hours ago

    So everyone who is skilled but an asshole, couldn't be skilled without being an asshole?

    Hope Solo suspended from US soccer team for 6 months.
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  10. Aug 24

    The reliable way to convince anyone (at work) of anything is to earn an excellent reputation, do helpful things and only then make your case

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  11. Aug 24

    How to transition to remote work via

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  12. Aug 24

    Today is - so you should go back and forth on all of your decisions all day long.

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  13. Aug 24

    Hey authors: please use a ranked or annotated bibliography. Alpha listings are dumb and don't help readers

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  14. Aug 24

    Sometimes no matter how hard you work, you don't progress at all

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  15. Aug 24

    "growth itself cannot be commandeered; it can only be nurtured and encouraged by providing a suitable environment" - Ursula Franklin

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  16. Aug 24

    Thanks to for recommending RWoT - it was a nice surprise given how many books I've read about tech/culture/history

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  17. Aug 24

    The Real World of Technology (Book Review)

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  18. Aug 24

    Good question to ask for any tech idea: "What new problems do we create by solving this problem?" by

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  19. Aug 23 Seattle, WA

    UX designers take note: Good design is not defined as "no one had problems with it in usability testing."

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  20. Aug 23

    How To Pitch An Idea (one of my most popular posts of all time)

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      Writer for covering humans, machines, and their mutual misunderstandings.

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