To My Literary Agent
This book is dedicated to Jim Levine, my literary agent and hero. He has always believed in me and has had a profound influence on my entire career since we’ve worked together. Jim is an unsung hero in the publishing world, having been a driving force behind some of the biggest authors and ideas of our time, yet being humble and staying behind the scenes. He is an inspiration to me because he could easily retire on the golf course, yet he chooses to continue to help the next generation of authors succeed. Only someone who truly loves what he does, like Jim, could continue to both lead an admired company and manage an endless roster of authors. Although he calls me “scrappy,” dedicating this book to him will motivate me to make it my best one yet and to succeed far beyond what even he had imagined.
To My Parents
Thank you for believing in me and being my sounding board. I love you both very much!
To Da Capo Press
Dan Ambrosio, John Radziewicz, Kerry Rubenstein, Kevin Hanover, Michael Clark, Michael Giarratano, Miriam Riad, and their team believed in the book concept and helped me bring it to life through words. Thank you for your vote of confidence, investment, and time.
To Armin Brott
Your editing has helped me become a better writer and has improved the quality of my books. I can’t thank you enough for your effort, support, and encouragement.
Kevin signed on to develop the Work Connectivity Index (WCI) assessment for this book immediately, and it is my hope that his academic research on isolation will continue.
To Future Workplace
I appreciate the support of my team, including David Milo, Jeanne Meister, Kevin Mulcahy, Lea Deutsch, Tracy Pugh, and Tuan Doan. With their help we are influencing the next generation of leaders and making a difference in the workplace.
To Virgin Pulse
From my very first call with Wendy Werve, I knew Virgin Pulse would be the perfect partner for the book’s global research study. A special thank you to Andrew Boyd, Arthur Gehring, Elise Meyer, and Hailey McDonald.
To CA Technologies
My professional speaking career launched when CA hired me to speak many years ago, and now things have come full circle as they host my national book launch. A special thank you to Laura Drake and Patricia Rollins for believing in me.
To the Millennial 100
For the book I interviewed a hundred of the top millennial leaders (The M100) from some of the most notable companies in the world. These include Adam Miller, Alison Elworthy, Amanda Fraga, Amanda Healy, Amanda Pacitti, Amanda Zaydman, Amit Trivedi, Amy Linda, Amy Odell, Andrew Miele, Antonio McBroom, Ben Thompson, Bill Connolly, Bill Wells, Bradford Charles Wilkins, Brandon Gross, Bryan Taylor, Carly Charlson, Caroline Guenther, Charlie Cole, Chris Gumiela, Dan Klamm, Danny Gaynor, Daniel Jeydel, Daniel Kim, Daniel LaCross, Danielle Buckley, Derek Baltuskonis, Derek Thompson, Ed Mendrala, Emily Kaplan, Erin Millard, Erin Yang, Felipe Navarro, Heather Samp, Ilona Jurkiewicz, Jason Gong, Jenna Lebel, Jenna Vassallo, Jennifer Cochrane, Jennifer Fleiss, Jennifer Grayeb, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Schopfer, Jessica Goldberg, Jessica Latimer, Jessica Roberts, Jill Zakrzewski, Joe Lawrence, John Huntsman, John Mwangi, Justin Birenbaum, Justin Orkin, Kate Mangiaratti, Katie Lucas, Katie Vachon, Kiah Erlich, Kristy Tillman, Kyle York, Lara Hogan, Laura Enoch, Laura Petti, Leor Radbil, Lindsay Weddle, Liz Miersch, Malcolm Manswell, Mathew Mehrotra, Meg Paintal, Meghan Grady, Melanie Chase, Michelle Odland, Mike Maxwell, Mike Schneller, Dr. Nandi J. Shareef, Nawal Fakhoury, Nim De Swardt, Om Marwah, Paolo Mottola, Patricia Rollins, Paul Reich, Philip Krim, Rajiv Kumar, Rashida Hodge, Rosie Perez, Ross Feinberg, Sam Howe, Sam Violette, Sam Worobec, Sarah D’Angelo, Sarah Unger, Sarah Welsford, Sharmi Gandhi, Simon Bouchez, Sjoerd Gehring, Stephanie Bixler, Stephanie Busch, Tracy Shepard-Rashkin, Ulrich Kadow, Vicki Ng, and Vivek Raval.
To Three Bridges Productions
Thank you for creating a comedy sketch to illustrate the book’s main message. The team included Alec Lawless, Catherine Beckett, Christian Roberts, Gina Ferranti, James Meeg, Lara Goldie, Peter Getz, Trevor Livingston, and Yasmeen Jawhar.
To My Friends
Throughout the writing process my friends not only supported me but were a great sounding board for some of my ideas. A special thank you to Allen Gannett, Chris Schembra, Cory Bradburn, David Homan, Farnoosh Torabi, James Altucher, Jay Shetty, Jeff Gabel, Jennifer Sutton, Jenny Blake, Jess Cording, Joe Crossett, Jonathan Mitman, Jordan Harbinger, Josh White, J. R. Rothstein, Julia Levy, Julie Billings-Nguyen, Labe Eden, Lewis Howes, Mickey Penzer, Mike Smith, Pete Ziegler, Rachel Tuhro, Russell Wyner, Ryan Paugh, Shane Snow, and Yoni Frenkel.