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My new book Midnight Lunch is in bookstores and online! Learn how you can begin applying Edison's 4-phase collaboration process in your teams now. Read step by step how to:
- Make collaboration thrive- Reskill teams to collaborate
- Foster team dialogue and debate
- Leverage social networks
- Inspire catalysts and leaders
- Propel collaborative innovation
Click on any of the buttons above to purchase Midnight Lunch from your favorite book provider! Read reviews of Midnight Lunch, and watch the 2-minute book video!
Midnight Lunch Featured in Fast Company Magazine
What made Thomas Edison so successful at driving growth and innovation through collaborative teams?
Read how you can apply Edison's revolutionary thinking today in my new book Midnight Lunch, featured in Fast Company magazine! Fast Company highlights how the 4-step collaboration process Edison developed created powerful collaboration across small, diverse teams.

You can apply the same 4-step approach Edison used to make collaboration a central part of his innovation culture. Learn about all 4 phases: Capacity, Context, Coherence, and Complexity.
Watch this 2-minute Midnight Lunch book video capturing highlights of Edison's world-changing collaboration process! (For a larger screen version, click here.)
Dale Carnegie Training Blog Features
Midnight Lunch!
How do you know if your teams are truly collaborating? Read my guest blog post on the global Dale Carnegie website to learn 3 Ways To Gauge Great Team Collaboration.
The post is first in a series of articles Dale Carnegie is featuring from my new book Midnight Lunch. Read why Edison believed there are differences between collaboration and teamwork - a perspective shared by Greg Cox, the COO of Dale Carnegie's Chicago operations, the third largest office within the company's massive training network.
Midnight Lunch offers specific guidance on how to gauge your team's collaboration progress. Read Midnight Lunch with your entire team, anywhere in the world! Download these 12 worksheets from all 7 chapters of the book, and share insights on ways each team member can enhance their collaboration skills.
This 3-minute video highlights a Midnight Lunch™ collaboration experience in Chicago! (Larger screen version, click here.)
Innovation enthusiasts applied Edison's process of midnight lunch to the question: "How do we make Chicago one of the top-5 most innovative cities in the world?"
"Inventing the Future, Edison Style"
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Check out reviews of Midnight Lunch from these respected bloggers:
Kaihan Krippendorff of Fast Company
Verne Harnish of Fortune.com
Jack Covert of 800CEOread
Julie Anixter, co-founder of the Innovation Excellence comm'y
The Brightidea innovation community
Forbes blogger John Nosta
Culture scout Patricia Martin
Build Competitive Advantage Through Edison’s Five Competencies of Innovation™
I work with organizations that want to bring innovative thinking to their everyday business practices so they can accelerate growth and create relevance. Drawing upon the innovation methods that drove Edison's proven success, I offer keynote speeches, innovation training programs, workshops, and live collaboration experiences that:
- Inspire you to think like an innovator
- Create a common language for innovation
- Identify growth platforms for profitable new products and services
- Create true collaboration
- Develop creative problem-solving skills
What processes for innovation do you have in place? Contact me to learn how you can begin to Innovate Like Edison starting now.











