Leading in a Non-Linear World

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In writing this book, I've had the help and inspiration of many people to whom I would like to express sincere thanks. Although I've been working on Non-Linear for more than a decade, it really started to unfold in my mind through conversations with Lisa Feldman Barrett about her theory that our emotions are constructed not hardwired. I'm indebted to pioneering scientists who've talked to me, including Anil Seth, Mark Solms, Steve Fleming, Beau Lotto, Marcus du Sautoy, Tim Lomas, Todd Kashdan, Stuart Firestein, Robert Burton, Neil Greenberg, Kyung Hee Kim, and the science writer Annie Murphy Paul. Also, the economist John Kay, futurists Kevin Kelly and Monika Bielskyte, the productivity specialist Oliver Burkeman, and business thinkers Chris Hirst, Jonas Ridderstråle, Gerard Puccio, Alex Kantrowitz, Rita McGrath, Elvin Turner, Azeem Azhar, Ranjay Gulati, Martin Reeves, Sergey Young, Simon Roberts, and Will Page. Further, Ben Osborn, who led the world's first roll-out of the Covid vaccine through non-linear thinking at Pfizer.

As clients, thanks go to Maria Osherova, Scott Allender, Jessica Meiklejon-Zinic, and Max Lousada at Warner Music; Jean-Pascal Tricoire and Olivier Blum at Schneider Electric; Roy Twite, Jackie Hu, Beth Ferreira, Phil Clifton, David Powell Wiffen, Duncan McBurnie, Caroline Zlya, Kieran Griffin, and Sukhjit Purewal at IMI; Kate Goodger at Laing O'Rourke; Simon Timson at Manchester City Football Club; Isobel Langton at The Exeter; Leon Smith ...