ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In writing this book we are all too aware of the shoulders upon which we stand. We both began our consulting careers as communication specialists at McKinsey & Company.
We learned from some of The Firm’s greatest communicators: Sara Roche and Joanne Wyss in the US, Mary Mills in Sydney, and Julie Pierce, Thom Shaw, Ruby Chen and Teresa Woodland in Greater China. Barbara Minto of The Pyramid Principle fame was also in the mix, as well as many other colleagues from Europe, Asia and the Americas with whom we shared late-night storylining conversations.
We continue to enjoy the push and pull of working with wonderful colleagues, some of whom trained at The Firm, some of whom bring a different perspective. Our current list of collaborators includes Angela Scaffidi, Louise Geoghegan, Josh Dowse, Jo Wigley, Natalie Hoy and Sally McMicking.
We also thank those family members, friends, clients and colleagues who took the time to read our early drafts and offer us some courageous feedback: Andrew Stanley, Bruce Trewhella, Christiane Gerblinger, Mary Morel, Nick Murray and Wayne Lewis.
Last but not least, we thank our clients, who have opened our eyes as to how storylines can be used in practice, inside and outside consulting environments, in almost all areas of business and government.