Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

‘Thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star’, Francis Thompson wrote. This quotation gives me pause as I acknowledge the beginnings of this chapter. Many colleagues and friends have supported me throughout the aftermath of the fire, noted in this chapter. A heartfelt thanks to Michel Laurier, vice-president academic and provost of the University of Ottawa, who in a very special way has pushed me to think new thoughts and helped me flesh out my own thinking for this chapter. I thank Cecile Gosselin for her wisdom and kind words. I am grateful to the reviewers for their invaluable feedback. Finally, I wish to thank the International Journal of Educational Management for this opportunity to share my experience and to engage with this audience.