The Dance of Discussion

The meaning of movement is contextual to who we move with or who we move for.  Movement meaning is created as we are watched or responded to with other movement.  Action and reaction become the crucible for creating meaning between two people.  With shared meaning comes truth, common belief, and, ultimately, the creation of knowledge.  This happens as we move together but is also true in the ebb and flow of discussion.

In discussion meaning is created not just in the words that are interchanged but within the context that the words are placed.  The manner of expression, the syntax used, the tempo and pattern of expression and response.  All of this carries inferences of meaning that are read and understood.  These exchanges are locked into us, a product of many interchanges and many relationships. It is the syntax of verbal expression that communicates so much about our feelings, impressions, and vision. 

The Promise of Social Media

Though Social Media applications focused on intranet based, secure collaboration, are appearing and these kind of capabilities are consistently being added to corporate intranets, this not just a new application.  Social Media is the natural next stage of ECM evolution.  For the first time, we have a capability that more closely parallels how people want to share information.  A capability, based on the explosion of Web 2.0 use on the internet, that can grow as organically as email use has grown.  More importantly, we have a method for the first time to more richly share information within the organization and achieve what ECM applications have offered but which have not fully delivered.

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