‘Our business method and our formal structures depend more than perhaps we realised on our informal relationships.’
It’s good to talk: Beth Allen says informal conversation is important for the Quaker business method
‘I am sad to lose some aspects of the past, but I don’t despair.’
by Beth Allen
7th June 2024
Can conversations help us make good decisions? I think we might be able to answer this question by looking at a few things I’ve observed in the development of our Friendly community. I’m not a sociologist; what follows are just my own amateur reflections.
