Medici Effect: What You Can Learn from Elephants and Epidemics

Acknowledgments

ALTHOUGH MY ENTIRE LIFE, in some ways, has pointed to this book, the idea that I should write it struck me one morning out of nowhere. I admit that I get ideas that way all the time, but only a fraction of them actually end up happening. This one did—and for that I am truly thankful to those who supported me during the process.

First and foremost, I wish to thank Teresa Amabile, a leading creativity researcher and my former professor at Harvard Business School. Teresa’s early enthusiasm for the book gave me the inspiration I needed to get it off the ground. The first time we met to talk about this project she asked me if I knew just what I was getting myself into. Sure, I said. But, of course, I had no clue. I never realized ...