Learning Invention from Edison

This is a great article about learning invention and enabling research from Edison.  Three great outtakes -

Don’t be distracted and protect the laboratory.
Invention over innovation.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

http://socialinnovationlaboratory.com/2012/05/17/social-innovation-science-or-alchemy/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Very%20Short%20List%20-%20Daily&utm_campaign=VSL%2005%2F21