Just a random link I found just now: http://www.anecdote.com.au/archives/2009/04/vital_behaviour_1.html#comments From Anecdote blog. "My colleague Hugh...
I have tried to develop CoPs in engineering firms and move towards a knowledge sharing culture in four different firms. I've taken several different...
Hi Fred, I have found the following reference, it may contain some hints: Grisham, T., Walker, D.H.T. (2006), "Nurturing a knowledge environment for...
Many thanks to Marco and all the others who so kindly responded to my inquiry about CoPs in engineering firms. The person for whom I was making the inquiries...
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Helena's work looks at organisational communities & Eugene is heavily into prediction markets & collective intelligence. May be of interest to people - please...
Hi everyone- I wanted to let you all know about an exciting event we're having tomorrow as part of our NetSquared conference. There's many ways to participate,...
The Knowledge Management Professional Society (KMPro) is pleased to announce the release and availability of our KMPro Journal, Volume 6, Number 1 Spring 2009....
Hello, Patrick Lambe and I have been working on an open research project to see if we can get some better insights into how expertise gets valued and leveraged...
This might interest people in the communities of practice field. Those of us who are not formally trained as anthropologists feel out of it at a conference...
Dear all, At The Broker we are in the process of putting together a report for the August issue on using web2/ social media to generate or disseminate...
Hello all, and apologies for cross-posting and language-mixing. You can blame John Smith for encouraging me with the survey :-). This is a message for the...
Dear KM/IC Colleague: I hope all is well. I thought that you would be interested in this recent paper on journal rankings within the field of knowledge...
Hi everyone, I came across this article this morning. It raises some questions I hadn't really thought about previously, so I thought I would pass it along to...
I posted this to my blog and thought com-prac folks would be interested. Rebecca Egolf <http://delicious.com/rebegolf> , I think, recommended The reason YOUR...
Hello Kaye, I don't see this as a bad thing or a new one :-). Indeed I don't think the issue is with "old age laws" but with the previous phrase: "what with...
I'm curious as to what people see as the current state of affairs and likely future directions for CoPs. Are CoPs still "hot"? Do execs still hanker after...
For us, CoPs are alive and well. We routinely form new ones as the business dictates, whether relating to a specific job function or to help launch a new...
When I attended the Braintrust conference last fall, it seemed to me that most presenters took it as a given that companies have CoPs, and that the big...
Fred, Thinking of Gartner's Hype Cycle, CoPs are now in the Plateau of Productivity. They are no longer "hot" in general business (or even KM) and the focus is...
thanks Matt interesting maturity analysis and interesting comment from an IT geek in my org from last year - COP's oh yes I remember them - do people still...
So what's to be learned about CoPs at this point? * How to squeeze more value out of them? * How to keep IT from forgetting them? * ? John * * John D. Smith ~...
Many who say they no longer "use" CoPs have taken the principles and are applying them, - as they foster, measure and invest in relationships that influence...
Dear all, Please let me take this opportunity to thank those of you who have completed my Internet survey on personal values and learning processes and...
This question on LinkedIn struck me, and I took a shot at an answer: http://tinyurl.com/nw96bx How is knowledge sharing carried out between communities of...
As Jack and Dennis (and indeed all the rest) have mentioned, I think they're well established and simply lower-key than in the past. They're part of the tools...
Thanks John, I think its a great question, below is my response. ========================= As John Smith says, I think in today's day and age, most of us are...