Edison on Innovation

Yes, Thomas Edison was an inventor. But as author Alan Axelrod tells is in this wonderfully enlightening book, inventions were only one aspect of Edison’s formidable genius. Turns out that the Wizard of Menlo Park was an organizational whiz, too, and a masterful observer of everything around him. “Miss No Detail” is the title of one of the brilliantly concise chapters. There’s “Exploit the Unexpected,” too, and “Problems are Directions” and 99 other chapters to help you make the most of your life, your business – just about anything you choose to focus on.