Relationship Economics, 3rd Edition

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A book is always a journey, one that you seldom take alone.

I'm grateful to long-time friend Shannon Vargo at John Wiley & Sons for her grace and patience as I struggled with Mom's passing, hectic work demands, and some personal time away to get this book written. Huge thanks to Shannon for investing in me and my ideas over the years and, more recently, Sally Baker for marshaling this work through the publishing process.

The incomparable Lin Wilson, who designed both the cover of this third edition and all the illustrations in this book, has been working with me since 2015. In our strategy visualization and agile alignment work, he consistently demonstrates incredible talent, patience, and resolve to help global leaders visually clarify, communicate, and cascade their ideas. I'm proud to call him a colleague, a friend, and a 2 AMer! Elaine Devine, our director of operations, is world-class in her organizational skills and diligent stewardship of every facet of our business. Jenn Cordz, my business partner who runs our RevOps practice and leads our Learning Expeditions, is brilliant in her work and great fun to be around.

This book and all my advisory, speaking, and coaching work wouldn't be possible without an incredible group of global clients. I'm indebted for their trust, vote of confidence in our work together, and friendship. I admire their steadfast leadership in the post-pandemic world and how they build incredible relationships within, and external to, ...