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Follett Talk #4: Mary Parker Follett and the Avoidance of Flattening, Dec 13

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Matthew Shapiro posted a discussion

Follett Talk #2 Power-With, not Power-Over Nov 22

Nov 15

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Matthew Shapiro replied to Matthew Shapiro's discussion Want to send political leaders a copy of The New State?

"And perhaps more important than a summary is a pitch to intrigue the audience enough to open the book. With regard to both that and any summary, I'm quite sure we don't need AI to write it, and think that should done by a human deeply…"

Nov 15

Ralf Lippold replied to Matthew Shapiro's discussion Want to send political leaders a copy of The New State?

"Excellent idea Matthew. Adding a short summary (created by an AI program) could be a game changer to involve political leaders (at every level). One of the barriers of engaging key persons in publications they have never heard of is always a lack of…"

Nov 10

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Oct 26

Jim Rough posted a discussion

Fulfilling the dream of MPF

Wednesday night I and a friend gave a talk to an organization, Fix Democracy First, that used quotes from Mary Parker Follett as the basis for our sense of what's needed. The actual title of the talk is "The Wise Democracy Project: A Rebirth of We the People" ... The talk starts as 35 min. And the MPF portion starts at 48 min. ... See …See More

Oct 3

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Matthew Shapiro posted a discussion

Follett school centers article and interview 1913

Discovered an interesting article by (and interview with) Follett from 1913, regarding social centers. Title is "The Social Centre and the Democratic Ideal." Transcribed text + the original are now on the Follett Writings page as a combined document.Best regards, MatthewSee More

Sep 26

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Matthew Shapiro replied to Matthew Shapiro's discussion Albie Davis

"Suzanne - It's wonderful that you were able to be there. I wonder if a discussion about Albie Davis might be a good topic for a Follett Talk (planned series of monthly online presentations that the Mary Parker Follett Foundation is planning to…"

Sep 25

Suzanne Stigler Martin replied to Matthew Shapiro's discussion Albie Davis

"Matthew and all, I developed a relationship with Albie as well. I attended her memorial service in Jamaica Plains (Boston) a couple of weeks ago. Her daughter asked me to attend and to offer some Follett readings. I was honored to do…"

Sep 25

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Lars Dorr is now a member of The Mary Parker Follett Network

Sep 3

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Matthew Shapiro replied to Maria Luiza C.A. Pinho's discussion Integrating Follet's Idea to Enhance Research

"Count me in to help. Best regards, Matthew"

Jul 28

Maria Luiza C.A. Pinho posted a discussion

Integrating Follet's Idea to Enhance Research

Hello Folletians,I confess my relationship with Follett's ideas is still in its infancy, but I believe her ideas have an enormous potential that could be further explored.I have an idea to create a project group to explore her readings, as well as investigate potential research areas that are underexplored. I'm not sure if it will be possible, but I believe that following Follett's ideas on unity and community, together, it might be possible.My first initiative was organizing, with Rebecca…See More

Jul 28

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Maria Luiza C.A. Pinho updated their profile

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