Midnight Lunch: The 4 Phases of Team Collaboration Success from Thomas Edison's Lab
- 3h 55m
- Sarah Miller Caldicott
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2013
Thomas Edison created multi-billion dollar industries that still exist today. What many people don't realize is that his innovations were generated through focused approaches to teamwork and collaboration. Authored by the great grandniece of Thomas Edison, Midnight Lunch provides an intriguing look at how to use Edison's collaboration methods to strengthen live and virtual teams today. Edison's four phases of collaboration success offer a simple yet powerful way to see how different combinations of live and digital resources can multiply results and deliver outstanding ROI now.
- Shows how to draw together individuals from diverse disciplines, ensuring multiple perspectives and rapid problem-solving
- Explains how to mix specialists and generalists on the same team, preventing groupthink and discouraging a culture of "superstars"
- Reveals the steps needed to reskill team members for collaboration in the digital era
Team members from any field can take Midnight Lunch to their project meetings, engage instantly, identify action steps based on the book, and generate high-impact results.
About the Author
Sarah Miller Caldicott is a great grandniece of Thomas Edison, and specializes in translating Edison's world-changing innovation methods for use in the 21st century. Drawing upon her 15-year career as an executive with Global 500 companies, Sarah's work offers practical frameworks for driving innovation and collaboration in organizations of all sizes. An inspiring speaker, Sarah travels all over the world teaching executives how they can bring Edison's revolutionary methods of thinking and working into the digital era. A graduate of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, one of the top-ranked MBA programs in the world, Sarah's work is designed to deliver immediate relevance and ROI.
In this Book
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Midnight Lunch—The 4 Phases of Team Collaboration Success from Tom Edison’s Lab
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Foreword
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Introduction
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What Is True Collaboration?
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Why Is True Collaboration So Crucial Now?
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Phase 1—Capacity—Creating the Foundations for Collaboration to Thrive
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Phase 2—Context—How Context Accelerates Collaboration and Innovation
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Phase 3—Coherence—Building Coherent Teams
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Phase 4—Complexity—Forming Smart Layers and Developing Collective Intelligence
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True Collaboration—A Look into the Future
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Notes
