The Innovator's Path: How Individuals, Teams, and Organizations Can Make Innovation Business-as-Usual

Acknowledgments

The first person I want to thank is my extremely dedicated and talented chief-of-staff for the past decade at State Street, Marcy Wintrub. Marcy is a passionate leader of organizational change. She quickly saw the value of the disciplines I practice and has always encouraged me to share them with others. She is a gifted communicator and writer who helped immeasurably and generously to shape and deliver my message. Without Marcy, this would not be the same book.

I am indebted to my brother, Michael Mao, for the illuminating Chinese references. Michael has a B.A. from Princeton University in Oriental Studies and an M.A. from Harvard University in East Asian Languages and Civilizations.

I thank my sisters, Margo and Marjorie, for their autobiographical contributions and ongoing support as well.

I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to the great leaders and innovators who graciously and generously provided words of wisdom to share with my readers. They are in alphabetical order: Dr. Tenley Albright, Deborah Ancona, Marc Andreessen, Dr. Eugene Chan, Gerald Chertavian, Dean Kamen, Tarkan Maner, Tom Mendoza, Admiral Michael Mullen, Nathan Myhrvold, Sam Palmisano, Jim Phalen, Linda Sanford, John Swainson, John Thompson, and Ming Tsai. I have learned so much from them and continue to benefit from their mentoring, friendship, and partnership. Their accomplishments are evidence of their principles at work. I thank each of them for their tremendous support, generosity, ...