Scott Tillema, Senior Associate

 MA, Psychology; BS, Behavioral Science

   

Scott is an internationally recognized crisis negotiator, advisor, trainer and keynote speaker.  He is known and respected for his experience negotiating in highly charged situations, with high stakes and when the situation requires sensitivity to the human element.  Clients, audiences and students alike, find Scott’s teachings, insightful, inspiring and pragmatic.   

Scott has 19 years of law enforcement experience in the United States and is an active Lieutenant with an agency in the Chicago area.  In 2007, he was trained by the FBI in hostage and crisis negotiation.  He worked as a negotiator with one of the largest regional SWAT teams in the U.S. for 7 years and has been teaching crisis negotiation for the past 10 years.  

 He has studied negotiation at the Harvard University Program on Negotiation, at IMD Business School, and he continues to receive training from the world’s top hostage negotiators.  

Scott is a prolific trainer within the negotiation field and travels the country and around the world speaking to audiences in both law enforcement and the private sector.  In 2016, he was invited to give a TEDx talk titled “The Secrets of Hostage Negotiators”, which has received over 1 million views.  His visibility as a speaker and educator through TEDx and other venues has reached global status.  He has professional affiliations with multiple negotiations groups in a various countries in North America and Europe, and his instruction continues to be in demand.  
 

Scott currently resides in the Chicago area and is a co-founder and Senior Associate with the Negotiations Collective.  Learn more at ScottTillema.com