[eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Keynote: Bob Sutton - No Assh

["Scott Rosenbaum" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

I mentioned that one person who might be interesting for a keynote is Bob
Sutton.  Bob Sutton is a Stanford professor who wrote a best selling book
named "The No Asshole Rule".  He blogs at: http://bobsutton.typepad.com/.

I contact him through email and he said he would be interested in speaking
at EclipseCon.  His agent for speaking engagements provides a couple of
samples on their web site.  

A short interview clip where he describes his basic position is available
here:
http://www.50lessons.com/viewlesson.asp?l=392

Another clip shows Bob presenting to a group:
http://www.brightsightradio.com/podcastDetails.asp?id=77


Why would anyone at EclipseCon be interested in hearing from Bob Sutton?  As
you may have guessed, The No Asshole Rule looks at the effect of abrasive,
obnoxious people (assholes) in the work place.  I have found the Eclipse
community to be remarkably "asshole free", but I think it would be
interesting to hear from someone who has studied this phenomenon.  

Have a look,

Scott Rosenbaum