Much of what we know about innovation is wrong. That's the bet this entertaining, and interactive talk takes as it romps through the history of innovation and invention, dispelling the mythologies we've constructed about how we got here. This talk, loosely based on the recent eponymous O'Reilly book (May 2007), will help you to recognize the myths, understand their popularity (even if you don't believe in them), and how to use the truth of innovations past to help you be creative today. Bio: Scott Berkun worked on the Internet explorer team at Microsoft from 1994-1999 and left the company in 2003 with the goal of writing enough books to fill a shelf. This is his second book: he wrote the 2005 best seller, The Art of Project Management (O'Reilly). He makes a living writing, teaching and speaking. He teaches a graduate course in creative thinking at the University of Washington, runs the sacred places architecture tour at NYC's GEL conference, and writes about innovation, design and management at http://www.scottberkun.com/ This event is free and open to the public.
