DIARY

June, 2001

Meeting with the publisher Clint Greenleaf

While Pieter was in the USA for a management program at Harvard he had a meeting with Clint Greenleaf. Clint liked the book and thought that the concept of The Honest Thief had a unique appeal. Pieter liked the idea of reaching a wider audience. Clint and Pieter agreed to move forward with publishing The Honest Thief in the USA. There was no concrete plan at that time but they both felt that it would be worth the effort to see if they could actually bring the message of the honest thief to the USA. There was no time pressure and they both figured it would be good to try a unique approach in acquainting the US public with the honest thief. 2001 was an extremely busy year for Pieter. His company CBB had grown rapidly. For him this meant that he had to devote all of his attention to shaping his organization. Nevertheless Clint and Pieter kept working on ideas for The Honest Thief.