Projects Built on Curiosity
People-Curious Approach
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CreatorCuriosity Mobile
Scott Shigeoka travels across the country in this road trip for belonging, designed to spark meaningful conversations with strangers and invite curiosity into everyday public spaces. The journey transforms ordinary encounters into opportunities for connection, reminding us that curiosity can open doors to understanding wherever we go. Its first voyage on Democracy is powered by Visit Philadelphia.
Debut BookSeek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World
Seek explores curiosity as a powerful practice for navigating uncertainty, deepening relationships, and bridging divides. Blending research, storytelling, and lived experience, Scott Shigeoka invites readers to move beyond assumptions and embrace openness as a path toward greater understanding, empathy, and meaningful connection.
Hosting & ProducingMade in America
Scott Shigeoka hosts the award-winning Made in America series, a branded storytelling project amplifying the voices of independent founders and makers across the country with more than 3 billion total impressions and 14 million viewers. Through on-camera hosting and narrative development, Scott helped shape stories that highlighted grit, entrepreneurship, and community connection. Scott was awarded a YouTube Award in 2021 for his contributions to the series.
Science-Backed ResearchBridging Differences Playbook
A research-based guide from the Greater Good Science Center offering practical tools for fostering understanding across political, racial, and social divides. The playbook translates science into actionable strategies for connection.
Hosting and ProducingWe Are Not Divided
Scott hosts and produces a multimedia project for musician and activist David Byrne’s project “We Are Not Divided,” a series from Reasons to Be Cheerful spotlighting real people and communities who are bridging social and political divides. Scott explores how curiosity, courage, and relationship-building can transform polarization.
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