The Innovation Formula

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I don't know about you, but I am the sort of person who loves reading the Acknowledgements section of books! As such, I spent an inordinate amount of time writing this section because a) books don't get written without a lot of help and support from others and b) because I am a big fan of Acknowledgements sections.

First, you would not be reading this book if it were not for Kristen Hammond at Wiley. Kristen, thank you for believing that people would be interested in what I had to write and for being so liberal with your compliments and encouragement along the journey. Thanks also to the rest of the amazing team at Wiley, including Ingrid Bond, Chris Shorten, Alice Berry, Peter Walmsley and Theo Vassili.

Thank you to Jane Thompson, my amazing editor, who made me sound way more succinct and articulate than I actually am!

A big thank-you to Chad Dickerson, Dae Mellencamp, Stuart Smith, Barry Gold, Christine Gilroy, Megan Kachur, Derek O'Donnell, Hugh Molotsi, Mike Finch, Neil Christie, Kirsten O'Doherty, Evan Cohen, Mariah Monaghan, Tiziana Bianco and Wendy Mayer. I am indebted to you for your generosity with your stories and your time. The examples you gave me about what you are each doing in your organisations was inspiring to me, and I am sure are just as inspiring to the book's readers.

Thanks to Jason Fox, who introduced me to the wonderful team at Wiley in the first place, and for being someone I could moan to about the stress of writing a book and ...