High Performance Operations: Leverage Compliance to Lower Costs, Increase Profits, and Gain Competitive Advantage

Acknowledgments

Even writing a solo work doesn’t happen alone. When you’re alone in a quiet house in the middle of the night, and often in the middle of a beautiful day while everyone else is outside enjoying the rare perfect day of the sort the mid-Atlantic United States gets too few, it’s easy to get lost in the narrow focus of looking forward. It’s easy to allow yourself to lose touch with the many contributors and contributions that have made your work possible.

Weeks after you turn in the manuscript, a brief e-mail reminds you to think about something you haven’t thought of in a long time. Or, haven’t you? Hasn’t the entire journey of progress been enriched by constant reflection on the words and experiences afforded to you by others you’ve ...