Niels Pflaeging's Page

"Thank you for asking! Yes, you are right, it has been awfully quiet around the book. The project stalled in 2022, sadly, because my co-editor Silke Hermann and I had to focus on our new company qomenius. The good news is that we will publish the…"

"Niels, is there any news on the announced book about MPF? Just curious as it has been quiet here.  Best, Ralf "

"A wonderful presentation - thank you for sharing! I particularly enjoy that you cited so much from The New State and those wonderful Follett quotes on democracy."

"Dear Teresa, thank you for sharing and for providing us with so much rich insight around the Overhills house and history! I feel compelled to pack my bags and travel to Vermont immediately, to visit your house, if possible... but that's a…"

"Oh, that story is interesting on so many levels. Thank you for sharing it. I do not have that edition of The New State, but a facsimile reprint with a somewhat ugly green cover.  Your tale made me think of many things that might be irrelevant…"

"The New State story. In 1996, the book was required reading in preparation for a conference that I was invited to. I was so impressed with it that I thought a new edition should see the light of day. Heeding the advice that in publishing it helps to…"

"You did a great job with making the publications available here! That also made the Follett book we are preparing possible.  I was not aware that you republished The New State, though. "

"Niels - I applaud your effort to help making Follett's writing more accessible. I don't see that as being a different direction. Accessibility is why I pursued getting The New State republished in 1998 and  it is why all of her key…"

"Dear Matthew, thank you for your reply and thank for talking about your specific interests with regard to Follett. Wonderful to know that. I am very interested in the anthology you are putting together, and curious to hear what authors will be part…"

"Interesting!"

"Yes, I understand the interest. I personally got "enough" from a single book -- The New State -- to feel empowered and inspired. Perhaps this was because my interest was chiefly in democracy. Others came to Follett and were empowered by…"

"Hi Matthew, hi all, you are right, Matthew, we did not agree on any kind of rationale for this, so we may have completely different understandings and expectations. I can only try to outline my own intentions and aspirations here. Firstly, I believe…"

"Well, perhaps it doesn't matter. Maybe we have enough?"

"Hi Matthew. I have not. But now I did. I searched all entries for "Follett" in the file.There seems to be no as yet unpublished material by Follett in that archive, sadly. There is mention of a lecture called "Leadership" from…"

"Niels - Have you looked through this list? https://collections.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/12/Urwick-MS-5619-corrected-references-draft-2.pdf"

"I still find this topic highly relevant. I had a conversation yesterday with Daniella Mostow about this, and I hope we will soon get together on talking about this more."