Sarabeth Berk Bickerton

Personal Details

Bio

Dr. Sarabeth Berk is the leading expert on hybrid professional identity, and a hybrid professional herself. She was featured in Forbes, and is a TEDx speaker, author of More Than My Title, and recipient of a Colorado Inno on Fire award for her innovative work.

Sarabeth obtained her PhD from the University of Denver, and has degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Rhode Island School of Design. Her hybrid title is Creative Disruptor because she works at the intersection of being an artist, researcher, educator, and designer.

Current position (3)

Chief Creative Disruptor

More Than My Title

Author

Researcher

Achievements (1)

Top 50 Inno on Fire

Degrees (2)

PhD Curriculum and Instruction

University of Denver

2011 to 2015

Art & Design Education

Rhode Island School of Design

2005 to 2006

Presentations

Presentations (2)

The Power of Hybrid Professionals In a Workforce of Experts and Generalists

Companies who know how to recruit, hire, manage and retain hybrid professionals have an advantage. When hybrids feel seen and valued for their hybridity, they deliver extraordinary results, are more engaged, and perform at their highest potential. High performing teams consist of all three types of professional identity, and it’s time we start talking about organizational cultures that value workers for being more than their job titles.

Be More Than Your Job Title: How to Brand Your Hybrid Identity to Stand Out and Fit In

If you’re a hybrid professional, you need to know how to communicate it. Once you do, you’ll transform your self-confidence, employers and clients will be able to understand what you really do and why they need to hire or promote you, and the right projects and opportunities will come your way.

Past talks (2)

HYBRID PROFESSIONALS COMBINE MULTIPLE JOB TITLES- HOW DID THEY FIGURE OUT THEIR UNIQUE PROFESSIONAL BRAND?

Denver Startup Week

Denver

September 17, 2019

Are you a hybrid professional?

TEDx

Boulder

June 1, 2019