OtherWise

Acknowledgments

I have already acknowledged Marilyn Laurie’s role in inspiring this book, but I should also thank her husband, Bob, for his generosity in allowing me to quote so extensively from my private conversations with her.

This book also benefited from my conversations with a number of people who shared their experiences and studies. In alphabetical order, they are Mark Addicks, chief marketing officer of General Mills; Mark Beckwith, Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Newark; Ed Block, former senior vice president of public relations at AT&T; Roger Bolton, former chief communications officer of Aetna Healthcare; Brenda Colatrella, executive director of the Merck office of corporate responsibility; Debra Elam, chief diversity officer of ...