In the early 1990s, I served as a business analyst for a company that employed the revolutionary online collaboration tool, Lotus Notes.
 

My role involved identifying the various ways in which individuals connect and assessing which of these connections could be facilitated online.

I classified the forms of connection into two categories: measurable and immeasurable. The measurable connections were moved online, with the intention of freeing up more face-to-face time for those connections that could not be quantified.

I have recently learned that the measurable connections are for fixing parts into a fixed sum of the parts and for aligning thinking. The immeasurable connections are for creating something greater than the sum of the parts, described as Gestalt. 

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As the Internet and Google began to rise, I shifted my focus to assisting struggling technology projects on the verge of failure. By replacing the measurable connection with Gestalt connection, I was able to ensure that these projects were completed on time and within budget.

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After that, I dedicated my efforts to helping young people with autism experience a Gestalt of connection.

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Because it has become too easy to rely on measurable connections, I want to do something that makes it easier for people experience Gestalt connections.