Midnight Lunch, Sarah Miller Caldicott
Midnight Lunch, Sarah Miller Caldicott
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Midnight Lunch
The 4 Phases of Team Collaboration Success from Thomas Edison's Lab

Author: Sarah Miller Caldicott

Narrator: Sarah Miller Caldicott

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 07/20/2020


Synopsis

How Thomas Edison's system for collaboration can benefit any team.

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cullen

Thomas Edison, one of the most innovative inventors of our age, was also one of the leading pioneers in modern management; he knew how to get the best out of his people through deep collaboration. Having generated 1293 international patents and 1093 US patents over 63 years, Edison is often labelled......more

The three most frequent words in the macro today are digital, collaboration and innovation. This is an era where doing remote work with complex frameworks is the norm, not the exception. Sarah Miller Caldicott's Midnight Lunch: the 4 phases of Team Collaboration Success from Thomas Edison's Lab coul......more

Goodreads review by Tony

interesting book......more

Goodreads review by Meta

A well-researched discussion of Edison's methods. Many management books are junk because the advice they offer is just some pundit's opinion. This one is good because it provides a well-researched and detailed explanation of Edison's methods based on extensive records of his remarkably successful re......more