... 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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stevebarth1
Oct 1, 2009 6:20 pm
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...
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John David Smith
smithjd2tele...
Oct 1, 2009 10:45 pm
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 ...
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Alice MacGillivray
alicemacgill...
Oct 2, 2009 4:41 pm
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...
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joitske
Oct 4, 2009 8:41 pm
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...
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Cornejo Castro, Miguel
Macuarium
Oct 5, 2009 8:41 am
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...
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lkrisper
Oct 5, 2009 1:56 pm
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...
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lkrisper
Oct 5, 2009 1:57 pm
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...
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Nancy White
choconancy
Oct 5, 2009 3:20 pm
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...
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bty364210
Oct 5, 2009 5:16 pm
... 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...
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Cornejo Castro, Miguel
Macuarium
Oct 6, 2009 8:38 am
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...
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joitske
Oct 6, 2009 6:45 pm
Hi Jenny, thanks for your explanation! I wasn't making myself understood either.. Still there is your last phrase: "dysfunction has negative connotations that...
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lkrisper
Oct 6, 2009 7:26 pm
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...
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asif.devji
Oct 7, 2009 12:25 am
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...
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joitske
Oct 7, 2009 12:49 pm
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...
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joitske
Oct 7, 2009 12:56 pm
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...
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Alice MacGillivray
alicemacgill...
Oct 7, 2009 10:06 pm
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...
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Nancy White
choconancy
Oct 8, 2009 5:19 am
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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uma
uma_kane
Oct 12, 2009 5:55 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. ...
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Cornejo Castro, Miguel
Macuarium
Oct 21, 2009 1:43 pm
"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...
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lkrisper
Oct 21, 2009 4:18 pm
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...
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Seth Kahan
sethwkahan
Oct 22, 2009 5:14 pm
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...
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John David Smith
smithjd2tele...
Nov 4, 2009 10:03 pm
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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Seth Kahan
sethwkahan
Nov 14, 2009 1:10 pm
I am presenting a free lecture in San Francisco on Thu, Nov. 19, 1-2pm, and would like help getting the word out. It's to help people who are free agents...
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John David Smith
smithjd2tele...
Nov 16, 2009 5:44 am
You're invited to join us! It's co-sponsored by SCOPE. Details here: http://cpsquare.org/wiki/Visiting_Cloudworks_November_16_2009 and here: ...
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naava_frank
Nov 18, 2009 9:43 pm
I have been doing work in the not-for-profit arena with a variety of CoP between organizations that were funded by foundation grants to get them started. Now,...
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joitske
Nov 19, 2009 8:40 am
Hi Naava, This seems to be a real and recurrent situation (in non-profit as well as in profit). The sponsor/donor may loose interest, but the community wants...
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John David Smith
smithjd2tele...
Nov 22, 2009 12:58 am
I'm getting ready for CPsquare's research and dissertation fest that starts on Monday. A comment in Etienne Wenger's essay (which kicks off the discussions)...
