Innovate Like Edison The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor

by Gelb, Michael J.; Caldicott, Sarah Miller

• ISBN13: 9780525950318
• ISBN10: 0525950311
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-25
• Publisher: E P Dutton

Summary

Thomas Edison is the greatest innovator in American history. Edison's focus on practical accomplishment set the stage for America's global leadership in innovation. Now, for the first time ever, Innovate Like Edison translates the best practices of this supreme American inventor into contemporary terms to help today's leaders harness their own innovative potential. With their unique insight and expertise, Michael Gelb and Sarah Miller Caldicott introduce a carefully researched, easy-to-apply system of five success secrets inspired by the creative methods of Edison himself. Presented in a step-by-step fashion, Innovate Like Edison provides the tools and strategies you need to compete and win in the business world and in everyday life. Whether you're an amateur or an executive, Innovate Like Edison is an indispensable tool that will enable you to revamp and revitalize your own creative genius and thrive in today's culture of innovation.

Author Biography

Michael J. Gelb is an internationally renowned pioneer in the field of organizational innovation and has written ten previous books, including the international bestseller How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci. His clients have included DuPont, General Electric, Merck, Microsoft, and Nike, among others.
Founder of the consulting firm StarWave Associates, Sarah Miller Caldicott holds an M.B.A. from Dartmouth-'s Tuck School of Business. She is a twenty-year marketing veteran and a great-grandniece of Thomas Edison.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
An American Innovator Who Changed the World	p. 1
Introduction: Turning on the Light	p. 3
The Stuff of Dreams: The Life of Thomas Edison (1847-1931)	p. 17
Edison's Five Competencies of Innovation	p. 45
Competency #1-Solution-centered Mindset	p. 47
Competency #2-Kaleidoscopic Thinking	p. 83
Competency #3-Full-spectrum Engagement	p. 115
Competency #4-Master-mind Collaboration	p. 143
Competency #5-Super-value Creation	p. 173
Expanding Innovation Literacy	p. 225
Edison's Legacy in the Twenty-first Century	p. 227
The Edison Innovation Literacy Blueprint	p. 229
Resources and Reference Notes	p. 263
Index	p. 291
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