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What Makes Innovators Tick

True innovators throughout history – from Edison to Einstein – possessed innate character traits that separated them from even run-of-the-mill geniuses. That’s according to NYU business professor Melissa A. Schilling, who joins guest host Courtney Collins to talk about the qualities that connect the world’s great visionaries. Her new book is called “Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World” (PublicAffairs).