My friend Mary: Getting to know Mary Follett, an early OD pioneer.

I first 'met' Mary Parker Follett on a train in 1986, but I did not really get to know her until organisations themselves began to interest me around 1993. I was introduced to her as an early influencer of management education in the OU's excellent "Introduction to Management", but didn't recognise then quite how pioneering she was - still ahead of most writers today. I remember I was on my way to a board meeting and perhaps had other things on my mind. It's a pity, because I could have saved a lot of money (shareholders') and angst (mine and colleagues'), if I'd paid more attention to her then. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]