The Breakthrough Manifesto

Acknowledgments

It's not an exaggeration to say that this book would not exist were it not for our former teammate Ash Robinson speaking up one day and saying, “I think we need a manifesto” and then working with us to create one. For years we had been developing our Deloitte Greenhouse methodology for helping executives and their teams get to breakthrough, researching aspects of what we called the “science of experiential engagement,” and building a database of methods to help individuals and groups innovate and make transformative change. But Ash's challenge to us was to codify that work into a clear articulation that would literally “make manifest” the principles underpinning our efforts and create a foundation to scale the impact of those principles across and beyond our team. So, before we recognize all the individuals who helped with the creation of this book, we'd first like to take a moment to acknowledge the work of Ash Robinson and of the other Deloitte Greenhouse teammates who helped to bring the Breakthrough Manifesto to life in the first place, including Kristin Pech, Jen Juneau, Naomi Bagdonas, Kate Tuscano, Rachel Keenan, Jen Veenstra, Judy Cheng, Sean Kelly, and Chris Ertel.

To all the members of the Deloitte Greenhouse past and present, as well as our broader Executive Accelerators ecosystem, thank you for living these principles out loud and for all you do to enrich our understanding of how and why they work for accelerating breakthrough.

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