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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
Hi Jenny, thanks for your explanation! I wasn't making myself understood either.. Still there is your last phrase: "dysfunction has negative connotations that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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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. ...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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