This book would not have been possible without the generous help and support from
a great many people. Four in particular stand out: Dr. Moran Gerard, who came to the
rescue on the week before I needed to submit my final manuscript and has been a
valuable colleague, friend, and editor; Sarah Chung, who has been working with me
to shape the design of this book and is responsible for giving it a personality and
making it awesome; Erik Roth, who took the time from his crazy schedule to write the
introduction for this book; and Brian Kenet, who invited me to design and teach the
Design Thinking Executive Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, which
this book was based upon.
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all my friends and clients around the world who
provided me the opportunities to introduce these ideas to their organizations. Scott
Danielson for his friendship, enlightening dialogues, and creative spirit that he radiates.
And everyone at Idea Couture, including Cheesan Chew, Scott Friedmann, and
Patrick Glinski who are with me throughout our journey of prototyping a great design
thinking organization. And Jessica Tien for taking all those things off my plate so I
never have to worry about them.