Danger in the Comfort Zone

Acknowledgments

I’d like to acknowledge the help given to me and express my thanks to the following special people:

To my literary agent, Barbara Hogensen of the Lucy Kroll Agency, for her marvelous competency.

To Adrienne Hickey, AMACOM’s Senior Acquisitions Editor, for her piercing intelligence combined with powerful enthusiasm.

To my friends, venture capitalist Tom Murphy, and Norman Schoenfeld, President of Elco Corporation, who, early on, understood the theme and contributed wisdom and examples from their experience.

To Judy Taub of IBM in Poughkeepsie, who created the graphics as an unexpected and wonderful present.

To Bill Bryan, Program Manager; Tom Schappert, Manager, Management Development Programs; Ed Brewington, Director of Management ...