Thomas Edison's inventions would be nothing without collaboration. In her new book, Midnight Lunch: The Four Phases of Team Collaboration Success From Thomas Edison's Lab, Sarah Miller Caldicott (Edison's great-grandniece) details how the great inventor bonded with his team to breed innovation. It was a four-step process.

Step 1: Capacity Build diverse teams of two to eight people. What worked for Edison: To create the lightbulb, Edison's team had to include chemists, mathematicians, and glassblowers. Modern counterpart: Facebook's small, collaborative coding teams.

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