Saw Sarah Miller Caldicott, co-author of Innovate Like Edison at a book signing event hosted by SSP BPI Group in St. Louis. (Michael Gelb was her collaborator on the project.)

Sarah was terrific. She’s smart and dynamic, and she’s very passionate about her topic. There were many excellent takeaways from her presentation, but my personal favorite was her explanation of the three core elements usually present in innovative people:

1. Curiosity.
2. Persistence
3. Ability to see patterns & connections.

These three broad statements strike me a true. She used Thomas Edison as her example, and – of course – he exhibited each of these characteristics. Sarah’s terrific book also went into quite a bit of depth explaining the five core competencies of innovation as exemplified by Edison.

http://www.innovatelikeedison.com/

The link above will take you to the website, and I encourage you to explore it a little.