Acknowledgments

Writing this book was a spontaneous decision inspired by a couple of people and incidents.

I thank the chair of a scientific symposium in Beijing for congratulating me on my presentation with the words “you should be a teacher.”

I thank my mother, who actually was a teacher, for making me wish to be able to explain difficult topics in a simple manner.

I thank my father, who some day told me about the book he always wanted to write, titled Managing by Gardening. The gardener somehow got stuck in my subconscious mind.

I thank Kim and Kemal, the leaders in my book who really inspired me with their magician style.

I thank Debbie Jenkins, who as my book coach made it possible to organize my thoughts, structure my writing, let me dream ...

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