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Nancy, Sorry, I was away from my computer for a while and couldn't reply before the discussion veered away from what I was thinking of. I am thinking of...
Jon
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Sep 23, 2009
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Matt, This example of using archetypes is somewhat close, but the motives are different. Personas are used to keep the system or product developers focused on...
Jon
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Sep 23, 2009
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Invitation to communities of practice study Has your company established communities of practice (CoP)? Are you a leader, coach, or member of a community of...
Alice MacGillivray
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Sep 30, 2009
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Hi everyone, I'm working more and more with communities of practice. The more I work with them I realize how diverse they are, and how their level of...
joitske
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Sep 30, 2009
3:33 pm
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Hi Joitske, my guess is that a CoP is dysfunctional when either: - Founding mission / backer goals are not being achieved. Often realising that takes some...
Cornejo Castro, Miguel
Macuarium
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Oct 1, 2009
6:38 am
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... I'm wondering if it is possible to have a dysfunctional community of practice. If a CoP isn't really working then can it be called a CoP? And I think we...
bty364210
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Oct 1, 2009
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Hi, I certainly understand and sympathize, though my suggestion may surprise you. I have lately been working with a small, dispersed COP in a huge...
stevebarth1
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Oct 1, 2009
6:20 pm
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My friend Kathy Millhauser is editing this book. Do you want to submit a chapter proposal? CALL FOR CHAPTERS Proposals Submission Deadline: 11/5/2009 ...
John David Smith
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Oct 1, 2009
10:45 pm
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LOVE the story Steve. It brings back many fond memories of bizarre tactics I've used over the years. That must have been a great experience. To Joitske: one...
Alice MacGillivray
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Oct 2, 2009
4:41 pm
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Miguel, Jenny, Alice, Steve; thanks for your responses. Somehow not what I expected, but I may have to explain my ideas better. Miguel states that you measure...
joitske
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Oct 4, 2009
8:41 pm
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Steve's story is great indeed, I'll be trying some kick-catalysing like that soon :-). Joitske, I think you're heading towards a complex maturity model which...
Cornejo Castro, Miguel
Macuarium
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Oct 5, 2009
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I am new to your mailing list and would like to introduce myself. Patricia Arnold (through reading her "Kooperatives Lernen im Internet" I started to grasp the...
lkrisper
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Oct 5, 2009
1:56 pm
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Here is the article: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/468061 I love this notion of inclompete contract, of space for particiaption - if you try...
lkrisper
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Oct 5, 2009
1:57 pm
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As I was reading through this thread I had a little personal aha that relates to how you raised the question, Joitske. It is around the term "dysfunctional...
Nancy White
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Oct 5, 2009
3:20 pm
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... HI Joitske Jenny thinks any community of practice is functional I can see that I have not expressed myself properly at all ( a frequent occurrence!) as I...
bty364210
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Oct 5, 2009
5:16 pm
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Hi Lotte, when John Smith and Nancy welcome you (they may not have seen the second part of your message yet), grab them: they've done some of the things you...
Cornejo Castro, Miguel
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Oct 6, 2009
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Hi Jenny, thanks for your explanation! I wasn't making myself understood either.. Still there is your last phrase: "dysfunction has negative connotations that...
joitske
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Oct 6, 2009
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Dear John, thinking about it I find Clay Shirky´s story quite frightening. It is like: you got one chance, if you give the wrong message, you are out. This is...
lkrisper
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Oct 6, 2009
7:26 pm
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I think Miguel nailed it on the head with his post, tying in what Steve mentioned earlier in terms of the impact of organizational culture on what makes CoPs...
asif.devji
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Oct 7, 2009
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Hi Miguel, Thanks a lot, this is a very nice list. I can see you are working with online communities- you phrase them in online cop terms, but I relate to them...
joitske
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Oct 7, 2009
12:49 pm
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Ha Nancy, Thanks for formulating it in this nice way, this is exactly what I'm looking for: signals about the health of a community (or sickness) so that we...
joitske
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Oct 7, 2009
12:56 pm
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Sorry for the delay, Joitske. You asked me to elaborate on my comment: "one comment on function: perhaps the "obvious" functions of a self-governing group are...
Alice MacGillivray
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Oct 7, 2009
10:06 pm
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Alice, your anecdote raises the dynamic of disruption which can renew and refocus. A flood of new members, or a mass departure, a new technology, an event. So...
Nancy White
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Oct 8, 2009
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Dear friends, I am writing to share with you about a unique social knowledge network - Kenlighten http://www.kenlighten.com <http://www.kenlighten.com> . At...
uma
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Oct 12, 2009
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Verne Morland
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Oct 21, 2009
1:42 pm
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Hi Asif (thanks), IMHO your theory's good :-). If you get proper sponsorship, and do it within a proper change management programme, it could work, I think. ...
Cornejo Castro, Miguel
Macuarium
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Oct 21, 2009
1:42 pm
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"Have a look at our content/guides/articles, ask any of your questions (about work, your practice, the company), see what other people in your field are...
Cornejo Castro, Miguel
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Oct 21, 2009
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Dear Miguel, only today (21.10) your answer popped into my e-mail account, dated 7.10. I thank you so much for replying. I am sorry for not coming back any...
lkrisper
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Oct 21, 2009
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I will be delivering a free teleconference next Wed, Oct. 28 (noon est), for entrepreneurs, independent contractors, and all manner of free agents. The title...
Seth Kahan
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Oct 22, 2009
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We're wrapping up the Foundations of Communities of Practice workshop this week and Romi Rancken shared this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw Would...
John David Smith
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Nov 4, 2009
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