This little book is the culmination of a very large number of conversations with many friends, colleagues, and students over more than twenty years. Amongst those, I would like to thank the following: John Antonakis, John Atkinson, Richard Badham, John Benington, David Bolger, John Bratton, Stephen Brookes, Alan Bryman, Brigid Carroll, Peter Case, Andy Coleman, David Collinson, Rhys Cowsill, Rebecca Cox, Sue Dopson, Mike Dunn, Gareth Edwards, Paul Ellis, Gail Fairhurst, Yiannis Gabriel, Amanda Giles, Jonathan Gosling, David Grant, Peter Gray, Mike Harper, Jean Hartley, Julia Hockey, Richard Holmes, Kerry Iwaniszyn, Brad Jackson, Kim James, Doris Jepson, Drew Jones, Owain Jones, John Jupp, Andrew Kakabadse, Mihaela Kelemen, Nannerl Keohane, Donna Ladkin, Boje Larsen, Jim Lawless, Patrick Leonard, Sarah Lewis, James McCalman, Kevin Morrell, Anne Murphy, Janine Nahapiet, Debra Nelson, Hilarie Owen, Ken Parry, Edward Peck, Gillian Peele, Lesley Prince, Tracy Reeves, Robin Ryde, Jim Scholes, Boas Shamir, Joe Simpson, David Sims, Amanda Sinclair, Georgia Sorenson, Gillian Stamp, Mark Stein, John Storey, Stefan Sveningsson, Marc Thompson, Dennis Tourish, Irwin Turbitt, Linda Sue Warner, Holly Wheeler, Martin Wood, Steve Woolgar, and Marshall Young. I would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers, especially the final reviewer. Finally, I would like to thank my family for everything else: Adam, Beki, Katy, Kris, Rebecca, Richie, and, of course, Sandra.