Disrupt Yourself, With a New Introduction

Acknowledgments

Jodi Kantor of the New York Times once told me, “The first place I go in a book is to the Acknowledgments section.”

Me too—so here goes.

To Clayton Christensen—thank you for the opportunity and privilege of working with and learning from you for nearly a decade—you inspired me to write this book. You inspire me to be a better person.

Thank you to Erika Heilman and Melinda Merino for championing this new edition. After a long journey that began with an article in Harvard Business Review (thanks to Sarah Green Carmichael and Alison Beard), these ideas have come home; this book is right where it should be. A big shout-out to Scott Berinato, Anne Starr, Stephani Finks, Julie Devoll, Felicia Sinusas, and Sally Ashworth––it is a pleasure ...