Innovation speaker, consultant, trainer, and co-author of "Innovate Like Edison"
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- President & CEO at The Power Patterns of Innovation
- Past
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- International Marketing Director at Helene Curtis
- International Marketing Director at Helene Curtis/Unilever
- Assistant Product Manager at Quaker Oats Company
- Education
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- Dartmouth College - The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
- Wellesley College
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Sarah Miller Caldicott’s Summary
I am an innovation champion who works with companies to ignite the innovation process, bringing a world class innovator's toolkit to individuals, teams, and leaders. I'm also a great grandniece of Thomas Edison, an innovation author, and an MBA with 25-years of domestic and international marketing expertise.
I recently released a first-ever book (Dutton Penguin) on Thomas Edison's innovation methods, endorsed by the New York Times, Fortune Small Business, USA Today, 800-CEO-READ, and Investor's Business Daily. The book, entitled "Innovate Like Edison: The FIve-Step System for Breakthrough Business Success" reveals Edison's systematic yet timeless approach to innovation in a format that allows any employee, in any industry, with any level of experience to begin implementing what I call Edison's Five Competencies of Innovation(tm).
The book was researched over a 3-year period, and endorsed by the world's leading expert on Edison today, Dr. Paul Israel at Rutgers University.
Edison's Five Competencies bring innovation best practices within reach of any organization. The competencies offer a roadmap for how to generate an innovation mindset within every employee - not just teams in R&D, Engineering, or Marketing. All leaders and employees today need to "think like innovators," helping to move their companies to the leading edge in their industry.
Edison's Five Competencies also significantly upgrade the skill set of employees through a deeper understanding of risk-taking, collaborative work, pattern recognition, value creation, and the development of a solution-orientation.
To expand America's innovation competitiveness, 2009 will mark the reinstatement year of the Edison Awards, first launched in 1987. The Edison Awards(tm) are designed to honor Innovations and Innovators through the Edison Achievement Award(tm) and Edison Best New Product Awards(tm). More information can be found at www.edisonawards.com.
Sarah Miller Caldicott’s Specialties:
Innovation strategy, Culture change, Change management, Product development, Brand strategy, Brand repositioning, Market research.
Sarah Miller Caldicott’s Experience
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President & CEO
The Power Patterns of Innovation
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 1998 — Present (11 years 7 months)
- We help companies move to the leading edge of their industry, or return to the leading edge
- We provide consulting and training services based on best practices identified in my book, "Innovate Like Edison"
- We will help your company adopt the innovation culture and practices that will offer the most immediate results, and provide a platform for growth
- We offer a series of online e-learning tools upon completion of a consulting engagement to ensure you can sustain an innovation culture using your own in-house teams -
International Marketing Director
Helene Curtis
(Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)
1993 — 1996 (3 years)
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International Marketing Director
Helene Curtis/Unilever
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1991 — 1996 (5 years)
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Assistant Product Manager
Quaker Oats Company
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1984 — 1988 (4 years)
Sarah Miller Caldicott’s Education
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Dartmouth College - The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
MBA , Marketing , 1982 — 1984
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Wellesley College
BA , History and English double major , 1976 — 1980
