IxDA Waterloo is thrilled to host Scott Berkun on February 25. Scott will be talking about the ideas in his latest book, "The Myths of Innovation". If you're anywhere near the area, we'd love for you to join us!
Full details and RSVP instructions on our blog at: http://tinyurl.com/bn9z9e EVENT DESCRIPTION Much of what we know about innovation is wrong. Scott Berkun takes us through the history of innovation, dispelling the mythologies we¹ve constructed about how we got here. This talk will help you to recognize the myths, understand their popularity, and how to use the truth of innovations past to help you in your work today. ABOUT SCOTT BERKUN Scott is an author and public speaker for hire. He worked as a manager at Microsoft from 1994-2003, on projects including (v1-5 of) Internet Explorer, Windows and MSN. His work as a writer and public speaker has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired magazine and on National Public Radio. He has taught at the University of Washington, blogs for Harvard Business, and has appeared as an innovation expert on CNBC and MSNBC. He is the author of two bestselling books, Making Things Happen (formerly titled The Art of Project Management) and The Myths of Innovation, a book about the true lessons we can learn from the masters on creativity and managing innovation. He¹s an excellent speaker for hire, and frequently performs interactive talks, workshops, and courses for organizations, conferences and the occasional living room couch. Scott grew up in Queens NYC, studied design, philosophy and computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, graduating with a B.S. in Logic and Computation (¹94). He currently lives somewhere deep in the woods outside of Seattle, Washington. ---- Robert Barlow-Busch Waterloo IxDA coordinator uxgroup.wordpress.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
