Why Social Media?

Through the use of Social Media, informal information networks can be created that allow individuals to make connections, share tacit knowledge, and look at work from new perspectives.  The openness and facility of use that is inherent to Social Media applications allows for information to flow easily thereby creating new opportunities for exchange.  Within this medium, tacit knowledge can be shared without requiring the traditional and time consuming approach of making it explicit.

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Why Dance?

The ability to optimally “observe, imitate, and practice” the actions of others in order to learn is the set of skills and techniques essential to the art of dance.  This is the core skill required of a dancer: to be able to adapt to and learn any style of movement.  Similarly, individual adaptability in the workplace has a strong relationship to one’s ability to learn.  Being able to easily gain new knowledge, specifically being able to absorb and internalize tacit knowledge, becomes a critical indicator linked to long term adaptability in the modern work environment. 

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Methodology Denounced

Most consulting methodologies constitute theoretical exercises designed to generate hours and ameliorate risk but are they the best way to discover optimal usage, transform process, and teach people how to work in different ways?

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Leading from Behind, Following from the Front

Consider the possibility that the concept of leadership, based on an individualist construct, is counter to cohesiveness.  What if we based our leadership model not on individualistic actions but on actions done in relationship to others.  What I call, "Leading from Behind, Following from the Front."  Here's how I would describe it:

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Co-Choreography as Transformative Dialogue

McNamee contrasts dialogue with persuasive talk pointing out how the latter creates polarity and conflict.  She explains that “. . . dialogue is a process of holding firmly to one’s position while maintaining a curiosity and respect for another’s very different position.”  She goes on to reflect on how we can coordinate diversity, understand disparate viewpoints, and create the possibility for a conversational exchange that transforms our view of each other without requiring us to modify strongly held beliefs.
Reading her article, I was filled with images of dancers moving.  I recalled the experience of coordinating my movements with others that led to the discovery of a common dance.  I imagined choreography naturally evolved by a group of dancers who moved in each other’s presence.

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