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Richard Foster is a senior partner and director at McKinsey & Company and the author of the bestselling Innovation: The Attacker's Advantage, named one of the best business books of the year by The Wall Street Journal.
Sarah Kaplan worked at McKinsey & Company for many years, specializing in innovation and technology management. Foster lives in New York City, and Kaplan in Boston.
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