] Inspiration is fine, but above all, innovation is really ] a management process. ] ] Ask most people who invented the lightbulb, and they will ] promptly provide the wrong answer: Thomas Alva Edison. ] Truth is, the famous inventor's 1879 debut of his ] incandescent light trailed others by decades. So why does ] he get all the glory? Mostly because of what he did next, ] notes Andrew Hargadon, author of How Breakthroughs ] Happen: The Surprising Truth about How Companies ] Innovate. A pretty compelling review of the book. |