Michael J. Gelb

Sarah Miller Caldicott

The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor

Innovate Like Edison

Read Sarah Miller Caldicott's posts on the Penguin Blog. Michael J. Gelb, author of the international bestseller How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, and Sarah Miller Caldicott, a descendant of Thomas Edison, introduce a revolutionary new system for successful innovation. Bestselling author Michael J. Gelb and Sarah Miller Caldicott introduce a carefully researched, easy-to-apply system of the five success secrets inspired by the creative methods of Thomas Alva Edison. The greatest innovator in American history, Edison set the stage for America’s global leadership in innovation by his focus on practical accomplishment. Now Gelb and Caldicott apply the best practices of this American genius to contemporary business situations to help today’s leaders harness their own innovative potential. Innovate Like Edison is a blueprint for success that will enable executives and entrepreneurs to revitalize their own ingenuity and thrive in today’s culture of innovation.

The Five-Step System for Breakthrough Business Success

Thomas Edison holds over a thousand patents in his name, includingthe electric light bulb, the phonograph, and motion picture camera.He is considered among the world's most prolific inventors, with awork ethic and vision for the future that helped change the modernworld. And with all of the advances in current technology that hehelped to invent, just imagine: What Would Thomas Edison Be DoingToday? Author Sarah Miller Caldicott, a great-grandniece of Edison andexpert in his methods, sets out to answer just that. Inventingthe Future is a well-researched, intriguing look at how Edisonwould innovate today using new technology, and how modern daythinkers can adapt his proven innovation methods to theiradvantage. It also includes 7 steps anyone can take to startthinking like an innovator, and offers a hands-on view of howcreativity and risk-taking come together to design powerfulconcepts that create new markets. Learn the strategies needed to remove innovation barriers, begindriving the breakthroughs of the future, and change the way you dobusiness. Stimulate your ability to imagine what's possible.

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