FOREWORD s far as we know, this is the first book foreword to be written as a collaborative effort--possibly proving that Tom Clancy was wrong when he said, "Collaboration on a book is the ultimate unnatural act." A book foreword is usually an introductory section in which a "promi- nent person" discusses the author, the book, and the topic. From this book's title alone, a reader can infer that the author, Dan Sanker, believes that the prominence of any individual is dwarfed by the prominence of the group. As a result, he has used a creative approach: asking people who he believes have helped him become a better practitioner of the art of collaboration to collaboratively write the book's foreword. It was some- thing of an example of what folks in the technology industry refer to as "dogfooding"--meaning "eating your own dog food," as when a com- pany actually uses the products that it makes. Other, more elegant people have referred to it as "ice-creaming" or "drinking your own champagne." Regardless, the team's goal was to collaboratively deliver a foreword that discussed the usual topics that publishers in the industry suggest: A