Summary: <br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118407865/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1118407865&link_code=as3&tag=business901-20">Midnight Lunch: The 4 Phases of Team Collaboration Success from Thomas Edison’s Lab</a> was a book that fascinated me. Author Sarah Miller Caldicott, a descendant of Thomas Edison, , innovation author and CEO of <a href="http://www.powerpatterns.com/">Power Patterns</a>. provides a look at how Edison's collaboration methods can be used face-to-face and by virtual teams. Many of us struggle in building innovative teams through collaboration and were just considering one product or service. Edison's collaborative approach propelled him to generate a record-breaking 1,093 US patents and 1,293 international patents over 62 consecutive years. A few lessons to be learned? <br> <br> Inspired by a family lineage of inventors dating back five generations, she has been engaged in creativity and innovation throughout her life. Sarah spent the first 15 years of her 25-year career as a Marketing executive with Global 500 firms including Quaker Oats and the Helene Curtis subsidiary of Unilever. As a leader of global innovation teams, Sarah was responsible for major brand launches in the US, Europe, and Asia. She co-authored the first book ever written on Edison’s innovation process, titled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452289823/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0452289823&link_code=as3&tag=business901-20">Innovate Like Edison: The Five-Step System for Breakthrough Business Success</a>.<br>
