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The role of metaphor in building an online community
Nancy White pointed me to this excellent post by Kathy Sierra which describes how the online community, javaranch, was built on the principle of members …
Read MoreComplex systems at wikipedia
A great description of complex systems is emerging on wikipedia.
Read MoreWhere should your community budget go?
I was just re-reading some papers from IBM’s Institute for Knowledge-Based Organizations (now called Institute for Business Value). I’m writing a report describing an approach …
Read MoreBuilding stronger relationships in communities of practice AND lurkers
Nancy White points us to a short report developed and written by seven CPSquare community members. The topic is one that has interested me for …
Read MoreThe maximum number of people we can deal with in a network
Dave Snowden used to say that we can only know 150 people at any particular time or for any single network (read identity). This has …
Read MoreSteve Jobs tells three stories about himself
A couple of days ago Steve Jobs made the commencement address to students at Stanford. He tells three simple stories about himself with great effect. …
Read MoreSome great reports by Etienne Wenger and others
In case you haven’t already found Etienne Wenger’s publication page, here is the link. In particular I would recommend the report to the CIO Council of …
Read MoreA great story of community of practice development
I heard this story from the New Yorker was circulated among senior Defence staff in Canberra and it unnerved them. I think it’s a fantastic story of …
Read MorePaper on communities of practice requested for online journal
I was pleasantly surprised last week to be asked by the editor of LeaderValues to submit my paper on communities of practice to their online …
Read MoreAgreed ways of working with timezones
I’m reading an excellent book at the moment called Distributed Work by Pamela Hinds and Sara Kiesler (eds.). While reading the chapter on ‘Face-to-face Communication’ …
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