Does anyone remember this movie? Tom Cruise starred in a futuristic movie where 3 collective minds could predict vicious murders that were going to occur in enough time for the authorities to not only stop the crime but to catch the criminal before the act even occurred. An interesting concept, an interesting movie and great special effects for its time.

I was thinking about this movie the other day and noticed some stark connections between the concept of a collective mind producing outcomes for a desired positive goal. You see the 3 collective minds, lets call them, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube, were all working together to produce a result. They all had their unique strengths and all played off each other to get the desired outcome.

Tom Cruise, lets call him “HR Director”, would watch all of this play out on video and be one step ahead of the game thanks to the forward thoughts of his assistant, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. The three would talk to him in a unique way that no one else had access to and allow him to forward plan strategies to save the day.

Armed with this knowledge there was nothing that “HR Director” couldn’t achieve. HR Director had the deepest insights into the rest of the world, lets call this the “global community” and could plan well in advance. Now that HR Director understood his community, the engagement levels were heightened to a level that was never previously dreamed of. The Community was now a juggernaut and there was no stopping it. Plans could be changed well in advance and industry changes and community sentiment were known before others had thought about researching it.

So does life imitate art or does art imitate life? Or have I had to many sleepless nights of late?