Business as usual is a bust . . . In industry after industry, organizations that were once dismissed as upstarts, wildcards—mavericks—are making serious waves and growing fast. From high-profile innovators such as HBO and Google to funky sandwich shop chains, the truly imaginative and unconventional businesses are changing the way things are done—providing new approaches, strategies, and outlooks, as well as better ways to compete, lead, and succeed in the twenty-first century. The first book to document this change, Mavericks at Work is business "edutainment" for a smart, ambitious readership, profiling some of the most exciting—and often eccentric—CEOs in the United States, while detailing their remarkable strategies for success

William C. Taylor（威廉．泰勒）

《快速企業》（Fast Company）雜誌的共同創辦人及創刊編輯。在他任職期間，該雜誌贏得許多獎項（包括全國雜誌獎〔National Magazine Awards〕），也贏得專業經理人和企業家的推崇。他在《紐約時報》撰寫專欄，並在《哈佛商業評論》上發表文章及ＣＥＯ專訪。現與妻子及二名女兒住在麻薩諸塞州的衛斯理（Wellesley）。

Polly LaBarre（波莉．拉巴爾）

《快速企業》資深編輯，寫過有關策略、創意，和個人成功故事的文章，並擔任該雜誌「即時」（Real Time）會議的共同主持人。曾經上過ＣＮＢＣ「美國早安」（Good Morning America）、ＰＢＳ「夜間商業報導」（Nightly Business Report）等節目，對全世界的商業聽眾播出。現住紐約市。