Scott Hutcheson, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer, Engineering and Technology Leadership, Purdue University, School of Engineering Technology

Scott Hutcheson is a biosocial scientist and senior lecturer at Purdue University. His teaching, research, and professional practice focuses on leadership, team, and organizational performance from a biology-of-behavior framework.

The biosocial sciences explore the dynamic interplay between biological systems and social behaviors and how they shape leadership, team, and organizational performance.

With his 30+ years of experience, Scott has engaged with hundreds of organizations from industry, higher education, and the public and nonprofit sectors – from across the U.S. and internationally. These organizations include the White House, Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation, USDA, and other federal agencies in the design and execution of strategies and programs for managing complex challenges related to competitiveness, innovation, sustainability, and public health. Scott’s impact is global, having worked with over 4,000 leaders from 147 different countries.

He writes for academic journals, magazines, and newspapers. He is a regular contributor to Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc. Magazine. His 1995 book, Strategic Doing: Ten Skills for Agile Leadership (Wiley) became a #1 Amazon New Release in six different categories and appeared and on multiple lists as one of the Best Business Books of that year. Scott is currently working on a three-book series (also for Wiley) on the biodynamics of leadership, teams, and organizations. The first book in the series, Biohacking Leadership: Leveraging the Biology of Behavior to Maximize Your Impact was published in 2025 with books two and three out in 2026 and 2027.

Scott is an in-demand speaker, frequently giving keynotes and leading workshops at conferences and other events. His TED Talk on the “Science of Prospection” has been viewed more than 1.3 million times on YouTube. His Instagram account @bookscotttospeak has nearly 40K followers.

Scott is married to Lisa Hutcheson who works in mental health policy. Lisa is the other co-founder of Hutcheson Associates. Her work focuses on public policy and advocacy. Scott and Lisa have two adult sons, Henry and Oliver and two dogs named Pippa and Cosette. Scott and Lisa reside near Indianapolis, Indiana in the historic Town of Ulen.