Innovate the Future: A Radical New Approach to IT Innovation

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Bob Laird, my brilliant best friend, for all of his support while I was writing this book. Bob planted the seed for Innovate the Future and kicked me hard enough to make me write it. Writing a book, I have now discovered, can be an agonizing experience filled with countless hours of exploration, frustration, and self-doubt. Bob was my constant guide, never accepting less from me than he knew I was capable of. The “shine” this book may deliver is due mostly to Bob’s support.

I would also like to thank my mentors who listened to me drone on and on about different topics, issues, and challenges from the book and yet kept coming back for more. Writing a book, almost as much as borrowing money, can truly test ...