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Thomas Edison on Reading
As one of America’s foremost inventors, Thomas Edison was certainly adept at questioning the world around him. In order to better understand the natural world, Edison was constantly developing new...
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Turning On the Light: Learn to Innovate Like Edison
Every organization – not just business – needs one core competence: innovation. –Peter Drucker Thomas Edison was the most outstanding figure in an era marked by an extraordinary confluence of American...
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Innovation Competency #1 – Solution-Centered Mindset
The phenomenon of seeing what we expect or want to see is called “mindset.” It functions all the time, consciously or unconsciously, for better or worse. Your mindset reflects your sense of purpose,...
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Innovation Competency #2 – Kaleidoscopic Thinking
Edison’s ability to generate a vast range of ideas drove his world-beating approach to practical solution finding. He could consider many problems at the same time and was able to look at each one from...
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Innovation Competency #3 – Full-Spectrum Engagement
When you are overworked and stressed out it’s very difficult to focus effectively on innovation. How can you successfully manage a massive workload, like Edison did, without succumbing to exhaustion...
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Innovation Competency #4 – Master-Mind Collaboration
What happens when you combine the talents of a British textile merchant, a Swiss watchmaker, an American mathematician with a master’s degree in physics, an Irish electrician, a German glassblower, and...
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Innovation Competency # 5 – Super-Value Creation
One definition of innovation is “the process of creating and delivering new customer value in the marketplace.” Thomas Edison’s philosophy of value was “bringing out the secrets of nature and applying...
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