About ScottScott is a curiosity expert, storyteller, and speaker who shares science-based practices that foster understanding, deepen relationships, and strengthen well-being and work culture.
On the TED stage
Curiosity isn’t about winning arguments — it’s about broadening our perspectives, searching for better ideas, and discovering what connects us. Drawing on his research and travels across the U.S., author Scott Shigeoka shows how getting curious with people who disagree with us can heal divides and remind us of our shared humanity.
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Scott Shigeoka's work focuses on how we can strengthen our well-being and relationships, including as a Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and his groundbreaking courses at the University of Texas at Austin.
Scott is the award-winning author of Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World, an Amazon Best Book of the Year, Porchlight Best Business Book winner, and a Next Big Idea Club Must-Read selected by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Daniel Pink, and Adam Grant.
His work has been featured on The Today Show, PBS, The New York Times, NPR, BBC, Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, and more.
As a speaker, Scott has worked with organizations including Google, Microsoft, and Pixar, Stanford, Harvard, and companies and colleges around the world. His TED Talk on curiosity received a standing ovation.
Beyond speaking and writing, Scott has led creative projects on curiosity and connection with David Byrne’s “We Are Not Divided,” hosted the popular series Made in America, and serves as Head of Curiosity Cultivation for the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity.
His winding career has included work as a Washington Post music writer, a Fulbright scholar in Iceland, roles in Hollywood, and leading community initiatives at IDEO.