by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, Cultivating CoPs, FAQ's, Resources
How long should a community take to get going? Community formation takes time, but the time it takes for a community to become fully operational varies a lot from case to case. Some communities are so ready to exist that they congeal as soon as members have an...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, Cultivating CoPs, FAQ's, Resources
What are the first three things one should consider doing to get a community of practice started? You cannot start a community by yourself. In fact you cannot start a community at all, to be quite honest about it. The only people who can form a community are the...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, FAQ's, Resources, Social learning in organizations
Why should practitioners be involved in developing strategic capabilities? Traditionally, knowledge has been viewed as something that experts hand down to practitioners. But organizations in all sectors are discovering that something unique happens when practitioners...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, FAQ's, Resources, Social learning in organizations
Why should organizations pay attention to communities of practice and networks? Communities of practice are the perfect vehicle for involving practitioners directly in the management of the knowledge they need individually and collectively to do their work. As a...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, Definitions, FAQ's, Resources
How is a community of practice different from an informal network in regard to social learning? All communities of practice are networks in the sense that they involve connections among members. But not all networks are communities of practice: a community of practice...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, Definitions, FAQ's, Resources
How are communities of practice different from more familiar structures like teams or task forces? A team is held together by a task. When the task is accomplished the team disperses. Team members are likely to learn something in the performance of that task, but this...
