Skip to Content
Edison on Innovation: 102 Lessons in Creativity for Business and Beyond
book

Edison on Innovation: 102 Lessons in Creativity for Business and Beyond

by Alan Axelrod
February 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
192 pages
4h 1m
English
Jossey-Bass
Content preview from Edison on Innovation: 102 Lessons in Creativity for Business and Beyond

5.1. Lesson 33: Take a Reverse Inventory

A traditional inventory is a list of supplies, goods, and merchandise a business has on hand. When Edison set up his first laboratory-workshop in Newark, New Jersey, he sat down with the man who would become his longest-serving assistant and collaborator, Charles Batchelor, and drew up an inventory not of the stuff they had on hand but of things they could make—products that were both feasible and marketable, that not only could be invented but would support the enterprise on which the pair had just embarked. Edison entered the mainstream of his creative career by drawing up an inventory of his creative imagination.

NOTE

A good way for a would-be innovator to get started in the business of innovation ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Business Brilliant - Surprising Lessons from the Greatest Self-Made Business Icons

Business Brilliant - Surprising Lessons from the Greatest Self-Made Business Icons

Lewis Schiff

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780787994594Purchase book