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A special thanks is owed to my editor, Charlotte Ashlock, whose keen spirit sensed the value of serving others by building consensus through more effective meetings, especially around evidence-based planning, deciding, and problem-solving challenges.

Thanks are also owed to the following people:

To Maxine Attong, who encouraged me with her stellar personality and vigor to write; it’s hard to imagine that people came up with the word “effervescent” before meeting Maxine.

To Kevin M. Booth, the clearest thinker, speaker, business process illustrator, and business writer I’ve ever met. Highly practical, he represents the opposite of my predisposition toward psychobabble. Kevin introduced me to his version of the trichotomy: (1) a foundation of evidence (2) that gives rise to conclusions (3) that justify optimal recommendations. Kevin inspired me by setting high standards with his ability to integrate complex relationships in a clear and thoughtful manner.

To Catherine Cambron for her brilliant copyediting support. She has no idea how much I value the tweaks she made so that some of the complexity we face has been made much simpler to understand.

To Gary Rush for his background and legacy of integrating IBM’s JAD and structured analysis into a technique he called FAST.

And to Scott Wild, a genuine servant leader, whose wisdom oriented me to make things clearer and simpler than they would have been; my message reaches far beyond what is included in this book, but as a meeting primer for most people, Scott created the traction of making this easier for you.

Thanks is also owed to the MG RUSH alumni, and specific individuals who continue to provide invaluable support with their social messaging of our hundreds of best practices articles. While listing names is risky, because no doubt I am missing some important people, it feels better to mention the many and then apologize to the few: Kristen Avery, Steven Bailey, Christopher Bittinger, Nachmi Braver, Julie Bruski-Kuennen, Justine Burdette, Jeff Cagle, Alvin Calicaran, Tiffany Chanell, Roxanne Felton Christopher, Rockwell Clancy, Lindsey Clawson, Raquel Clement, Michelle DeLauer, Josephine Delgado, Grace Denman, Nathan Diercks, Douglas Ferguson, Ildemar Ferreira, Roger Flahaven, Charlotte Germain-Aubrey, Sevak Ghazaryan, Thomas Gibbs, Lisa Gonzalez, Diego Guerrero, Sasha Gumprecht, Robert Hammond, Molly Herrington, Earl Humphrey, Ron Itnyre, Jan Kaderly, William Kaplan, Bruce Kish, Monica Kleve, Dorothy Littleton, Lewis “Chip” Locke Jr., Tanaka Macharaga, William Malek, Sana Manjeshwar, Michael Manning, Deepika Marisetty, Greg Michael, Linda Moineau, Louis Mollon, Mark Morgan, Jennifer Munson, Venkat Narayanan, Gordon Ng, George M. Okantey, Ray Ontko, James Pennella, G. Perez, Dwayne Phillips, Michael Ramos, Mitzi Rapkin, Tracee Rice, Larry Richard, Joren Scharn, Stacy Shireman, Ling Sondersted, Scott Sowell, Maria Steinhoff, Brent Stewart, Ben Stutzman, James Vera, Tricia Vincent, Brittany Williams, Jessica Williams, Letty Zazueta, and Erin Zocco.

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