The Mesh - Lisa Gansky [81]
Kerry, your focus, pace, and understated magnetism helped to make this book something I am, and I hope you and the team are, very proud of. Thanks to Jessica Conrad, whose intensity, talents, and long hours did not go unnoticed; and to Joe Loya for his undying humor, sharp eye, and well-timed interruptions. To Eric Irvine who picked up the slack, stepping in without needing to be asked. To Julia Flagg Leaver, a great designer who has been two steps ahead, quietly anticipating and ridiculously low maintenance, a gem. And to Surendra and the team who seem to consistently manage to pull rabbits out of hidden hats. Thank you.
In the days of The Mesh “on simmer,” before I could fully embrace and envision this book as a project, Joaquina Peña, Saul Griffith, Andrew Blau, Steven Addis, Stuart and Karen Gansky, Megan Casey, and Bob Morgan fed the flame, made harsh facial expressions, and shared liberally. I so appreciate your time, candor, curiosity, friendship, and openness.
Luis Sota, Todd Lash, Peter Schwartz, Eamonn Kelly, Maria Guidice, Nancy Murphy, Chris Anderson, Sunny Bates, Christie Dames, Kevin O’Malley, Juan Enriquez, Jacqueline Novogratz, Ethan Beard, Joel Makower, Laurie Coots, Shawn Gensch, Mitchell Baker, Chris Beard, John Lilly, Joi Ito, Denise Caruso, and Lisa Minucci all contributed to my thinking, reshaping, and concern for sharing The Mesh effectively and well. Thank you for your time, insights, and support.
To my team at Portfolio, you are, as A.Z. would say, “the bomb”! Thanks for the dedication, alacrity, vision, tenacity, and partnership. Special thanks to those I perhaps wore out the most: Will Weisser, Joe Perez, Rachel Burd, Miranda Ottewell, Alissa Amell, Pauline Neuwirth, Lance Fitzgerald, Maureen Cole, and my unflappable, resilient, and talented editor, Courtney Young, and to the chief “bomb,” Adrian Zackheim, who I am thrilled to have as my publisher. You have made this whole experience something I am eager to repeat. Thank you for your generosity and trust.
For my agent, Lisa DiMona, who saw The Mesh as I was learning to speak its language. She has been a faithful and exuberant colleague, fan, and friend.
Some people have a kind of “impact echo.” While we may not have been wildly discussing this book per se, Tim O’Reilly, Dale Dougherty, Bill McDonough, Bob Epstein, Larry Lessig, Esther Dyson, Jane Goodall, and Paul Hawken have left me frequently provoked, and for that I thank you.
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