There is an endless list of people I would like to thank for helping me make this book happen. So, huge thanks to all my family and friends, to all the members of The Learning Architect, The Montpellier Writers Group and to all my colleagues at The United Nations.

There are four people who deserve a very special mention for getting me out of my dark rabbit hole of semantics whilst writing this book. Lawrence Mcilhoney, Melanie Lisney, author Peter Stone and Andrew Wylde (to whom I must credit the term Doomerang!)

Special thanks to Jenny Ng, for her inspiring and encouraging editing; and everyone at Capstone Wiley for being such a great publisher to work with.

And thank you to all the people I have met along the way, who have allowed me to share their stories, and who have inspired me with their strength and courage.