Sarah Miller Caldicott
Concerned that America was losing its innovation leadership, Sarah spent three years researching Edison’s innovation methods with experts at Rutgers University. She co-authored the first book ever written on the subject of Edison’s world-changing innovation methods.
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
For: Owners, CEOs, Presidents, CFOs, COOs, Vice-Presidents
Thomas Edison stands as one of the world's most prolific innovators, pioneering six industries and garnering 1,093 US patents. Within the first 40 years of Edison's career, the patents he and his teams generated at the famed Menlo Park and West Orange laboratories drove billions of dollars in market value.
Edison's unique collaboration methods provided crucial support for his world-changing innovation efforts. His four-phase collaboration process enabled workers with very diverse skill sets to compete in a broad array of industries. Edison's teams rapidly developed flexibility, adaptability, and tapped tremendous creativity under his guidance.
In this workshop, you will learn:
- how Edison formed collaborative teams and how you can apply these same methods now
- the role of inspirational leadership in collaboration
- methods for creating team coherence
- how Edison tackled complexity and how executives today can apply new tools to address this challenge
Insights from this workshop will enable you to accelerate collaboration and innovation in your organization, and take steps to create a more flexible workforce.