Creative Conflict is the product of many years of collective activity and of insights from friends, associates, and clients. For their staunch support in developing the ideas in this book, the authors would like to thank Dennis Bain, Wendy Baker, Patrick Clawson, Ron Fleisher, Michael Gillespie, Rose Greenman, Howard Hertz, Nathan Hertz, Jim Holmes, Karryn Hudson, Marc Jablon, Chet Karrass, Mel Klayman, Howard Levy, Alexandra Lubenova, Michelle Macedo, Genelle Padilla, Stephen Templeton, Karen Twersky, and Brad Young.

We’re also grateful to the talented, hard-working team at Harvard Business Review Press, beginning with our editor, Jeff Kehoe. Thanks also to Lindsey Dietrich, Julie Devoll, Stephani Finks, Erika Heilman, Allison Peter, Felicia Sinusas, and Alicyn Zall; and to Erin Davis and the Westchester Publishing Services crew, for their aid in copyediting and production.

We were fortunate to enlist the services of Esther Newberg, literary agent extraordinaire. Finally, the authors would like to thank Jeff Coplon, who helped us turn our vision for this volume into a living, breathing reality.