ABSTRACT
Groups are fundamental. Being in and learning to cooperate effectively within groups, is the root not only of business success, but of all our achievements as a species. Even a genius builds on the discoveries of those who have gone before – in the words of Newton, on the shoulders of giants. As a species our collective genius is to adapt, and we do so by learning from one another. For humans, ‘the relationship precedes the individual’.2 The individual develops a sense of self through interaction with others, and all our learning, from the earliest moments of life, occurs in a relational context. See ‘Learning, holding and exchange’ in Chapter 2.
