The Toolbox

Acknowledgments

This book was written on the ancestral lands of the Piscataway, Nacostan, and Manahoac peoples.

Many hands make heavy work. Collaboration and learning takes time and energy. And it is so very, very worth it.

I’m grateful to every author I’ve read, whether I agreed with them or not. I’m grateful to every practitioner I witnessed, whether they were successful or not. I’m grateful to the countless people throughout history who worked for something better. We all owe them our thanks.

My career has been guided and supported by too many mentors to list. But I’ll mention several as formative for me: Susan Bell, Jeff Bradach, Mike Brune, Paul Brest, Hal Harvey, and Mari Kuraishi. I’m grateful to all of my teachers, especially Bill Meehan, Laura Arrillaga‐Andreesen, Larry Goodwyn, Michael Hardt, Warren Hierl, and Hubert Decleer.

Many colleagues have directly supported me in writing this book—whether by providing feedback on manuscripts, title possibilities, stories, or poems. I received invaluable input from Christie George, Rodney Christopher, Sarah Hurwitz, Paul Brest, Henry Timms, Lee Drutman, Elbert Ventura, Jeff Bradach, Alix Guerrier, Ben Harder, Jon Jacoby, Paula Goldman, Deena Rosen, Phil Buchanan, Asha Curran, Tony Curnes, Sarah Stein Greenberg, Gabe Cohen, Brian Trelstad, Kathy Reich, Minh‐Thu Pham, Peter Tavernisi, Beowulf Sheehan, and others.

I had the immense privilege to write much of this book in residence at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center ...