Interviews: Skills and Strategy [antikvár]

This is the section normally called Acknowledgements in less forthright books. The author wishes to acknowledge that most writing is based upon a process of accidental or deliberate plagiarism, usually of work which is only dimly remembered and therefore cannot be the subject of a formal acknowledgement. This work is no different, in that it has been influenced by nearly everyone the author has been observing at work, listening to or reading (on interviewing and related subjects) over a very long period. He has read a lot of Drucker, Parkinson, Townsend, Galbraith, various Stewarts and a little Boulestin. Relevant input has also come from O.K. Chesterton, Conan Doyle and Emma Lathen. However, he also wishes to point out that he has spent much time thinking about the subject and is of the opinion that there may be several wholly new ideas lurking in the following pages. If you come across one that seems unfamiliar, there is some possibility that it falls in this category and the author is willing to take credit for it, while waiting hopefully for the ultimate accolade - that it is rapidly plagiarized. Conventional acknowledgements are due to several industrial and occupational psychologists, particularly D. Mackenzie Davey, Andrew Stewart and Kate Keenan. The other convention is that one's colleagues and family are thanked for being helpful and tolerant during the creation of the book. This is necessary, as the author was more than usually difficult during the latter weeks. Finally, instead of thanking the typist, the author has to acknowledge that he put the thing together on a typewriter (albeit electronic) because he couldn't master the word-processing program on his PC in time; there must therefore be an unsung hero at the IPM who will have had to spot rather more typos than usual. His name is Matthew Reisz.