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particular: Natacha Catalino, Elizabeth Schwarz Hioe, Johanne Lavoie, Renate
Osterchrist, Svea Steinweg, Gauthier van Eetvelde. The brilliant behavioral
science skunkworks group: Matthias Birk, Claudia Braun, Nils Cornelissen. At
Mobius, Amy Fox and Erica Fox, who’ve been treasured collaborators, sages,
and friends throughout. The ideas and the spirit of all of these people lie between
the lines of this book.
Several colleagues have gone out of their way to help me take the book out
into the world. In particular, Rik Kirkland has been a source of generous support
and enthusiasm from the very earliest stages of the book. Sean Brown and Allen
Webb have helped me engage the kind of networks that authors dream of.
And then there are the countless other McKinsey colleagues who made
everything possible: the practice and office leaders of every place I touched
down in the firm; the partners and teams I worked with (especially in the
Organization and Healthcare practices); the world-class researchers and
administrators; and the facilities teams who let me do strange things to meeting
rooms around the world. Thank you, all.

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I’ve been fortunate to be able to lean on several pillars of the coaching
community over the years, people who helped me develop as a practitioner and,
at various points, made sure I took my own medicine: Myles Downey, Judith
Firman, Carol Kauffman, Jane Meyler, Anne Scoular, David Webster.
I owe thanks to several economists who helped me see beyond the
conventional boundaries of the discipline: Andi Kumalo who started it all; Bill
Allen, who fostered my interest in the human side of economic development;
Paul Fisher, who convinced me that I really was an economist, even if I didn’t fit
the mold; DeAnne Julius, who showed me that it was possible to roam between
the private and public sectors; John Vickers, who encouraged my move to
McKinsey; Mervyn King, who taught me never to write a word that I couldn’t
back up with evidence and good syntax.
Alongside my wonderful editors, Roger Scholl and Cindy Chan, there were
some kind and hardy people who reviewed the book in depth, providing
invaluable feedback on both stylistic and technical issues: Dan Bilefsky, Molly
Crockett, Brian Dumaine, Audree Fletcher, Cabe Franklin, Alex Hardy, Paul
Schoemaker, Peter Slagt, Tara Swart, Nik Webb. Their challenges and
comments made the book immeasurably better. An additional thanks to my
neurobuddies, Molly Crockett and Tara Swart, for many-faceted support that
made me both smarter and braver as the months passed. Elizabeth Feldman
Barrett and Jessica Payne also gave me more help than I dared to hope for, on
affective and cognitive neuroscience respectively. Any weaknesses remaining
are mine, all mine.
Many more people generously provided suggestions, help, or encouragement
on the book at key points over the four years of the project. They include: David
Allen, Guy Barnes, Eric Beinhocker, Vaughan Bell, Lauren Bern, Geoff Bird,
Charles Duhigg, Lynda Gratton, Henry Hitchings, Valerie Keller, Max
Landsberg, Antony Mayfield, Deborah Mattinson, Margaret Moore, Gus
O’Donnell, David Rock, Paul Schoemaker, Owain Service, Laurence Shorter,
Greg Simon, Hitendra Wadhwa, and Laurie Young. Thank you to Janet Bedol
for teaching me EndNote and saving me from my references. Thanks also to my
wonderful family and friends for therapeutic tapas, midterm martinis, and
superwomen summits. You cheered me on when I needed it, and didn’t mind
when I disappeared into the bunker.
Nicole Webb planted all the seeds of this book early in my life: an appetite for
intellectual exploration, a love of writing, and an understanding of the

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transformational power of teaching. Thank you for the weekly pep talks, and for
always being willing to talk through whatever was most on my mind (whether it
involved dopamine or dinner).
And finally, I’m beyond gratitude to Cabe Franklin, the great thinker and
teammate by my side at every step of this adventure. I’ve been dazzled by your
many acts of extreme intellectual and emotional support along the way. No
doubt about it—being married to you is the biggest piece of luck there is.

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