Dear colleagues, I am editing a Handbook of research on methods and techniques on virtual communities scheduled to be published by IGI Global in 2010. The...
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Patrick S.W.Fong
bspafong
Apr 6, 2009 11:25 pm
Dear All, I tried to located literature in the area of "disruptions" in online or virtual communities but could not find anything from major databases. I...
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Cortney Sellers
c_sellers
Apr 6, 2009 11:32 pm
Hey, Can you me more examples of what you're looking for specifically? I may have documents I've worked on over the years that could assist. Cortney From:...
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Dan Randow
danrandow
Apr 7, 2009 2:30 am
Hi Patrick, ... "A Rape in Cyberspace" http://www.juliandibbell.com/texts/bungle.html by Julian Dibble is a good starting point. It addresses abusive behaviour...
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Cornejo Castro, Miguel
Macuarium
Apr 7, 2009 12:50 pm
Well, let's see if this qualifies as "disruption". A picking of English posts from the front lines: ...
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Fred Nickols
fnickols
Apr 10, 2009 5:14 pm
Can anyone point me to engineering firms that have successfully established CoPs? I'm interested mainly in civil engineering firms. Fred Nickols ...
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John D. Smith
smithjd2tele...
Apr 10, 2009 5:36 pm
I know of one about conflict management in a civil engineering firm that was not quite successful, so not really shareable. It looks like I'm the only one that...
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Melissa Johnson
maj@...
Apr 10, 2009 5:51 pm
Hi Fred and John, We have done some work with CoP's. We are a multidiscipline firm, primarily engineering, planning, surveying, and environmental science. ...
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Fred Nickols
fnickols
Apr 10, 2009 11:37 pm
Thanks, Melissa and John. I'm surprised there wouldn't be quite a few CoPs in engineering firms. I'd assume that engineering practices would offer natural...
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Fred Nickols
fnickols
Apr 10, 2009 11:38 pm
Melissa: What can you share about the CoPs in relation to engineering? Fred Nickols nickols@......
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Shawn Callahan
shawnc01au
Apr 11, 2009 1:18 am
Hi Fred, I'm helping an engineering firm establish a number of communities of practice. They are an aeronautical engineers. The three CoPs we've got up an...
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Joe Firestone
eisaijmf
Apr 11, 2009 1:42 am
Hi Fred, Do you know about the CoPs at Halliburton? I've summarized the case here: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/kmrp/journal/v6/n1/pdf/8500160a.pdf Jerry...
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Melissa Johnson
maj@...
Apr 11, 2009 2:03 am
Our CoP's are in the areas of CAD, transportation, transit, site development, NEPA, GIS, QA/QC, and sustainability. They were initiated by staff, and we...
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Matt Moore
laalgadger
Apr 11, 2009 4:01 am
Thiess here in Australia. Parsons Brinckerhof also... ... From: Fred Nickols <nickols@...> Subject: [cp] CoPs in Engineering Firms To:...
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kerrieannec
Apr 11, 2009 5:01 pm
we've been doing cop's in engineering groups in steel industry since 2000 - operating on site and globally - introduced by Laurence Lock Lee now of...
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John D. Smith
smithjd2tele...
Apr 11, 2009 11:56 pm
Now that we're talking about it, Chrysler had an extensive community of practice system. Some highlights that I remember: * each community was sponsored by a...
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Fred Nickols
fnickols
Apr 12, 2009 2:22 pm
Melissa: Thanks for your response. I don't have any questions myself; I received an inquiry from someone else and I'm simply trying to round up some...
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Cornejo Castro, Miguel
Macuarium
Apr 13, 2009 8:26 am
Hi Fred. Well, these are not quite on-spot as they're not civil engineering... ... but I know Repsol has a group of CoPs focused on the engineering domain...
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proudfit_bill
Apr 13, 2009 11:42 am
Prof. Fong, Follow this thread from David Snowden's site Cognitive Edge. The link to Patrick Lambe's explanation of a major virtual community disruption is...
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Roy Greenhalgh
greenhalghroy
Apr 13, 2009 12:08 pm
I followed this link and read the following (written by Dave Snowden):- I am facilitating an all day pre-conference workshop for experienced practitioners and...
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Joe Firestone
eisaijmf
Apr 13, 2009 2:32 pm
I've relied to Dave's recent post here: http://kmci.org/alllifeisproblemsolving/archives/seconding/ Best, Joe ... From: "proudfit_bill"...
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Dave Snowden
snowded
Apr 13, 2009 2:55 pm
Remember its a formal debate Ray, in the British tradition. Both sides take an extreme position to facilitate a deeper exploration of the subject. Dave...
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proudfit_bill
Apr 13, 2009 3:31 pm
This is a debate where the extreme positions can easily be taken. I'm steering a middle course. Online CoP are repositories of shared conversations. These...
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Shawn Callahan
shawnc01au
Apr 13, 2009 9:58 pm
And whatever you do guys, don't give Dave any new good ideas on this debate. I'd say I'm up against it as it is ;-) cheers Shawn Shawn Callahan ...
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Bronwyn Stuckey
bronwynstuckey
Apr 13, 2009 10:23 pm
I am in mixed minds on this debate but here is my 2 cents worth... Looking at architecture for CoPs - I see more and more that the "homebase"; of communities is...
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Beverly Trayner
beverlytrayner
Apr 13, 2009 10:28 pm
Roy In my experience (mostly in non-profits) the proposition is correct (with a few additions in brackets ...) - (Sponsors' expectations of the returns on)...
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Dave Snowden
snowded
Apr 14, 2009 3:57 am
With an audience of KM people, 90% of whom have committed their organisation to CoPs? Dave Snowden Founder & Chief Scientific Officer Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd ...
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Matt Moore
laalgadger
Apr 14, 2009 2:14 pm
Re: CoPs debate As much as I like and respect the two lead debaters, I can kinda guess what their arguments and positions will be. I've a nagging feeling...
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Dave Snowden
snowded
Apr 14, 2009 8:48 pm
You must have experienced a different debating tradition from the one I grew up in Matt Dave Snowden Founder & Chief Scientific Officer Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd ...
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Fred Nickols
fnickols
Apr 15, 2009 12:11 am
Well, I've been staying out of this because I take a dim view of my view of what has happened to CoPs. But, curiosity got the better of me and I followed the...
