December 2012
Intermediate to advanced
284 pages
6h 18m
English
book
Midnight Lunch: The 4 Phases of Team Collaboration Success from Thomas Edison's Lab
by Sarah Miller Caldicott
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Acknowledgments
An entire constellation of people contributed to the thinking behind Midnight Lunch.
My deep thanks to the innovators who prompted me to delve more deeply into Edison’s collaboration methods, seeking to trace applications between his genius and the pressing needs of the twenty-first century: Harun Asad, Kevin Bennet, Buckley Brinkman, Dr. Jacqueline Byrd, Dr. Curt Carlson, Dr. Jean Egmon, Pia Erkinheimo, Art Fry, Ted Grabau, Matthew Greeley, Richard Guha, Anthony Gyursanszky, Verne Harnish, Larry Keeley, Braden Kelley, Renu Kulkarni, Ray Kurzweil, Dr. Robert Langer, Wayne Lindholm, Robert Lowe, Moises Norena, Richard Perrin, Chuck Peters, Carol Phillips, Robert W. Schmidt, Maria Thompson, and Rishad Tobaccowala.
I’m also grateful to the many business leaders who offered their insights into key specialty areas that directly link to collaboration and shared their thoughts on how teams affect the role of leadership in a collaborative setting: Tom Barwin, Guy Blissett, Vincent Carbone, John Copenhaver, Greg Cox, Emily DeRocco, Dr. Ashok Patel, Jay Scherer, Jason Sherman, Daryl Travis, Craig Wortmann, and Jim Ziganto.
In addition, of huge importance were the individuals who served as resources for historical references to Edison’s life and legacy and the power of his ideas, which endure undiminished even now. A big thank-you to Michele Wehrwein Albion, whose seminal book The Quotable Edison served as a font of historically verified quotes from Edison. I also wish to ...
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