To distinguish is to generate a new possibility in language. When you distinguished something you brought something to life. You've infused life into an inert or invisible possibility. Our awareness of their existence acts like an agreement to remember, revisit, and reorient ourselves to the value of what we have discovered. Distinctions, like product labels, can be invoked as a constant reminder of the richness and the fullness inside.
Good distinctions do more.
They add value and motivate beyond what is possible in a definition because they provide both a generative seed and a direction around which a group can align and exert coherent action. They are a way of knowing and remembering what we know. Signposts for ourselves and others following our leadership. What Is Knowledge Knowledge and learning are social activities, by which we evolve ourselves as individuals and communities. Interaction between individuals with other individuals, communities, organizations, and knowledge artifacts, is the source of knowledge creation, sharing and utilization.