by Team BE | Dec 31, 2014 | All entries, Practice, Publications, Reflections
Post from Bev: Download a PDF copy of the report How do you show that a network’s activities have changed the performance of its members in their practice? And, how do you use that information to feed into a vision of where the network should go next? That’s how we...
by Team BE | Dec 30, 2014 | All entries, Publications, Theory
Post by Etienne: In my visiting professor position at Manchester University and during the course of social theories of learning I co-teach there, I have often been challenged to articulate how my own theorizing relates to other theories, such as Activity,...
by Team BE | Dec 30, 2014 | All entries, Publications, Systems convening, Theory
Our new book on “Learning in Landscapes of Practice” was published by Routledge in July. For us, the book is a significant milestone both theoretically and practically. Theoretically it represents a new step in the evolution of the theory: We focus on landscapes of...
by Team BE | Jan 30, 2012 | All entries, Publications, Theory
Communities of practice and social learning systems: the career of a concept This article was written by Etienne in 2009 for a textbook co-published by the Open University and Springer. It does two things. It relates the conceptual framework of...
by Team BE | Dec 31, 2011 | Publications, Resources, Social learning capability, Theory
Social learning capability: four essays on innovation and learning in social systems This series of essays was written by Etienne in 2009 as a reflection on EQUAL, a project with the European Union Social Fund in which both he and Bev were involved as consultants. One...
by Team BE | Dec 27, 2011 | All entries, Practice, Publications, Resources
As communities and networks go more mainstream there is an increasing demand from organizations to have ways of monitoring their value. How can we make the connection between the activities of a community or network and the improved performance of an organization,...
