Leon Mann is Professorial Fellow and Director of the Research Leadership Unit, Melbourne Research Office, University of Melbourne. He is a past President of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2001-2003) and of the Australian Psychological Society (1987-1988). He is the co-author with Irving Janis of Decision Making (1977), Social Psychology (1969), Developing Leaders in R&D (1994) and Leadership, Management and Innovation in R&D Project Teams (2005).

Janet Chan is Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. She has worked as a consultant for a number of government organisations, was awarded nine Australian Research Council grants, and has published numerous books and articles on criminal justice and policing issues, including Changing Police Culture (1997), Fair Cop: Learning the Art of Policing (2003), and Reshaping Juvenile Justice (2005). Her recent research projects have focused on understanding individual and collective creative practice among artists, scientists and art-science collaborations.