Strategic Innovation: Embedding Innovation as a Core Competency in Your Organization

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Innovation and writing a book share some common characteristics: you never know where either will take you when you start, they take enormous passion and personal commitment, and they require many dedicated people to produce the finished result.

We have been unusually lucky to have worked with so many wonderful people on this book. The following is really a short list of all who have made this story possible.

We start with a special acknowledgment to David R. Whitwam, chairman and CEO of Whirlpool. He was, and continues to be, an impressive and inspirational leader, an unparalleled visionary. He trusted us to write a book that would ring true to the people of Whirlpool while at the same time using a candid and open writing style ...