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Scott Shigeoka
Scott Shigeoka helps organizations build curiosity, bridge divides, and strengthen workplace connection. A UC Berkeley researcher and bestselling author, Scott works with Fortune 500 leaders and thousands of students, delivering research-backed frameworks featured in Harvard Business Review and Forbes.
Scott Keoni Shigeoka is a curiosity researcher and author whose work offers practical frameworks for bridging divides in workplaces, communities, and personal relationships.
Scott is a fellow at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center and teaches courses on curiosity at the University of Texas at Austin. His book Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World earned Amazon Best Science honors and praise from Adam Grant, Gretchen Rubin, and Kristin Neff.
Scott's research led him to develop the DIVE model, a four-part framework for building curiosity as a skill rather than treating it as a fixed trait. The model, drawn from years of study and a 45,000-mile road trip across America, has been tested with Fortune 500 executives, legislators in Washington, D.C., and over ten thousand students through his online course. His earlier Bridging Differences Playbook, created with 100 leading experts, reached more than 200,000 readers in its first three months.
Audiences leave Scott's sessions with a clear understanding of why curiosity breaks down during conflict, a repeatable method for practicing it under pressure, and specific strategies for strengthening connection across political, generational, and cultural lines. His work has been featured on The Today Show, in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company.
Book Scott when your audience needs more than inspiration and wants a proven, research-backed toolkit for turning division into dialogue.
Scott brings UC Berkeley-backed research and a tested framework that Fortune 500 teams already use to reduce friction across generational and cultural lines. His DIVE model gives leaders a repeatable method for maintaining curiosity during high-stakes conflict, which directly supports retention and cross-functional collaboration.
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Scott Shigeoka teaches the DIVE model, a four-part framework drawn from his research and a 45,000-mile road trip across America, which he has tested with Fortune 500 executives, legislators, and over ten thousand students.
Scott Shigeoka speaks on curiosity as a practised skill, bridging political and cultural divides, and building connection in workplaces and communities. He is a fellow at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center and author of Seek, which received Amazon Best Science honours and endorsements from Adam Grant, Gretchen Rubin, and Kristin Neff.
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