The Progress Principle

Acknowledgments

This book is about making progress and enjoying good inner work life. We are grateful to many people who nourished our inner work lives while helping us make progress in our research and writing. We can thank only the major contributors, and our research participants stand at the top of the list. Without the companies that invited us in, and the hundreds of individual employees who gave so generously of their time doing daily diaries over weeks and months (not to mention the other questionnaires and the meetings with us), the discoveries described in this book would have been impossible. Because we promised confidentiality, we will not name names. But you know who you are; know also that we are profoundly grateful.

The research ...