Quote#Wisdom
What then is the essence of the group process by which are evolved…
Quote byMary Parker Follett · 1868–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The New State, 1918, p. 33.
English (original)
What then is the essence of the group process by which are evolved the collective thought and the collective will? It is an acting and reacting, a single and identical process which brings out differences and integrates them into a unity. The complex reciprocal action, the intricate interweavings of the members of the group, is the social process.
— Mary Parker Follett
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