THE AUTHORS
Peet van Biljon advises companies on strategy, innovation, R&D and new product development. He has worked in the business world for over thirty years. He was formerly a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and has held executive positions in several companies internationally. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, where he teaches a graduate course on innovation. Van Biljon’s articles on innovation have been published in MIT Sloan Management Review, Research-Technology Management and on mckinsey.com. He holds an engineering degree from Stellenbosch University, and a master’s degree in economics from the University of South Africa. He lives in McLean, Virginia, with his wife and sons.
James C. Sprouse is pastor at Huguenot United Methodist Church in Richmond, Virginia. Sprouse has been serving as a pastor for over forty seven years. He graduated from the University of Virginia undergraduate and graduate schools and Union Theological Seminary. Sprouse and his wife live in Henrico, Virginia.