Acknowledgments

I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to the Guest Editor, Robin Gustafsson, Series Editors Robert J. Galavan and Kristian J. Sund and anonymous reviewers for providing invaluable constructive and developmental feedback in the crafting of this book chapter. I am also indebted to the following scholars who have each provided me with much inspiration and sympathetic yet challenging discussions in the development of this, my life’s work on the FOCUSED project: Michael Harris Bond, Chetwyn Chan, Ray Fells, James Grice, Allegre Hadida, Gerard Hodgkinson, Timothy Jachner, Devi Jankowicz, Erinne Kennedy, Marianne Lewis, Roger Martin, Harry Procter, Jan Rivkin, Wendy Smith, Philip Stiles, Richard Whittington, and David Winter. I am also indebted to my Head (Wu LIU) and Faculty Dean (Edwin CHENG) for supporting my sabbatical leave at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine’s Centre for Medical Education at the National University of Singapore; and to Dujeepa D. Samarasekera and his amazing A-Team at the Centre (CenMED) for hosting me at NUS. Funding for this chapter is generously supported by the Department of Management & Marketing Learning and Teaching Enhancement Grant of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.