Nancy Tennant Snyder is corporate vice president for leadership and strategic competencies for Whirlpool Corporation, reporting to the chairman and CEO, Jeff M. Fettig. BusinessWeek named her one of twenty-five Innovation Champions in the world.

Deborah L. Duarte is a consultant who is an expert in the areas of innovation strategy, leadership and executive development, organizational design, project leadership, virtual teaming, and executive coaching.

Snyder and Duarte have coauthored twobest-selling books: Mastering Virtual Teamsand Strategic Innovation, both from Jossey-Bass Publishers.