In the early 1900s Follett understood something profound:
People are not machines, and organizations are not factories.
They are deeply social systems where meaning, power, purpose, and creativity flow between human beings.
Leaders hold ingrained assumptions—an unseen Leadership Operating System—that shapes behavior before decisions are made.
Frederick W. Taylor, father of scientific management, and Mary Parker Follett, mother of modern management created opposing "leadership operating systems." One dominated the century; the other was ahead of its time. Now the world has shifted, and the overlooked OS is the one we need.
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