Archive for the ‘Collaboration’ Category

Foundations of Communities of Practice

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 27, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

If you want to understand Communities of Practice you couldn’t do better than join John Smith, Etienne Wenger and Bronwyn Stuckey on their online exploration …

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Strong opinions, weakly held

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 24, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

One of the my favourite blogs at the moment is Bob Sutton’s Work Matters. He’s an academic at Stanford who has a practical view of …

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The art of complex problem solving

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —August 14, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

Check out this link from Marshall Clemens, a talented complexity graphics designer. Probably one of the most comprehensive diagrams I’ve ever seen regarding complex systems thinking.

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The one about the conference call vandals

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 3, 2006
Filed in Anecdotes, Collaboration

John Smith tells an amusing anecdote about our conference call last week and makes some comments about conference calls and communities of practice.

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An SNA Sensemaking Activity- Preparing people to see

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —August 2, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

We’ve learnt that for SNA to be effective in group situations there is real value in preparing people for what they may see within typical …

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The difference between communities of practice and knowledge networks

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 31, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

I was on a conference call on the weekend discussing Steve Denning’s book, The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling, with the CP Square guys. In chapter …

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Management can kill a community of practice

Posted by  Mark Schenk —July 30, 2006
Filed in Anecdotes, Collaboration

I was reminded earlier this week of an event in 2000 when I was working for SMS consulting that demonstrated the dramatic and adverse impact …

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The emerging 1% rule

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 24, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

The Guardian has pulled together some statistics suggesting that for every 100 people online only 1 person will create content and 10 will “interact” with …

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A question of balance

Posted by  Mark Schenk —July 15, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

For centuries (until the 1950’s), scientists believed that the left side of our brains (the rational, analytical, logical side) was the crucial side; the side …

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Organising your community of practice for action

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 30, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

There often comes a point in the life of a community of practice when the group really benefits from creating tangible things designed to improve …

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