by Team BE | Dec 29, 2011 | All entries, Resources, Slides
Click here for an updated version of the slide on this page. Communities of practice usually involve multiple levels of participation. Because involvement can produce learning in multiple ways and the domain has different levels of relevance to different...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, FAQ's, Resources, Social learning in organizations
If knowledge is power, why would anyone want to share it? Knowledge is indeed a source of power; but hoarding knowledge is not necessarily the best way to benefit from its power, especially in the context of communities of practice. Generalized reciprocity. In a...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, FAQ's, Resources, Social learning in organizations
Should participation be voluntary or compulsory? In general, it is much better to let participation be voluntary. This way, communities of practice live on because they create value for members, not because of an edict or a box to check. It does not mean that one...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, Cultivating CoPs, FAQ's, Resources
What level of participation should one expect in a community of practice? Participation in communities of practice is rarely a person’s main activity or job, so expected levels of participation should reflect this reality. Mainly they should reflect the level of...
by Team BE | Dec 27, 2011 | All entries, Reflections
We had an interesting online conversation with members of KC Blue, the community-leader community at IBM. The meeting was hosted by Laurie Miller and Sandy Yarchin. Many of the members have followed Etienne’s writings to cultivate IBM communities so it felt like a...
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