TEI 201: Lessons from Nikola Tesla on how successful product managers must negot

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next
episode of... The Everyday Innovator with host Chad McAllister,
PhD. The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation
and managing products become more successful, grow their careers,
and STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode: I am wrapping up
a 3-month road trip through the Northeast of the U.S., allowing me
to meet many innovators and product managers. I had a few
experiences, including visiting Niagara Falls, that rekindled an
interest for me in historic innovators, including Nikola Tesla,
often thought of as the person behind how electricity is created
and distributed. I went looking for a Tesla historian that could
help us understand this innovator and what we as modern innovators
and product managers can learn from him. My search led me to
award-winning author, Bernie Carlson. Bernie wrote Tesla: Inventor
of the Electrical Age and is well recognized for his research on
Tesla as well as other historic innovators. He is a professor and
the Director of Engineering Business Programs at the University of
Virginia. In the interview you’ll hear about Tesla and what we can
learn from him, including: navigating creativity,understanding
illusion and storytelling to sell your ideas,which modern innovator
shared characteristics with Tesla, andthe balance of invention and
business skills innovators need.