Thanks & Acknowledgements

To John Hunt at O Books for trusting in the concept of this book, and the team of editors and designers who helped put it on the page.

To Dave Clarke of NRG, Gerri McManus with the Scientific Medical Network, Tony Bennett, Nicky Marshall, David Nunn and Sheila Steptoe for letting me test drive the first prototypes of these ideas out at their business networking meetings.

To Judith Morgan, Janet Swift, Jackie Walker, Jenny Littlejohn, Jo Simpson … five wonderful ladies whose names all begin with ‘J’ I notice. You have all been so supportive along the way and know what part you played.

Thanks to John Cassidy for the author photograph.

Thanks also to Mike Southon, Iain McGilchrist, Steve Taylor and Davina Mackail for their permission to use some of their concepts in this book.

Thanks to Chris Griffiths and his team at iMindmap for creating a true Mind Mapping software tool. The Mind Maps in this book were created using it.

Permission to use the extract (in Chapter 3) granted by Tony Buzan, the inventor of Mind Maps and Chris Griffiths - www.thinkbuzan.com