Archive for the ‘Collaboration’ Category

Chip Goodyear says $8.5B profit partly due to communities of practice efforts

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 25, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

OK, so Chip didn’t say that exactly. I heard part of Chip’s speech (on ABC radio) to the market announcing their record profit and he said their …

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Community indicators, indicator species and persausion

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 23, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

I love what Nancy is doing jotting down the many things which might indicate “community lives here”—yes, turn it into a book Nancy! I discovered …

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Using Quickplace to support a Communities of Practice

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 22, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

Quickplace out of the box is a useful collaboration tool for teams but its default configuration is unhelpful in supporting communities of practice. Here is …

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An artist and the soirée

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 14, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

My sister-in-law, Fern Smith, is an artist who is conducting an interesting experiment. Fern is keen to engage people in discussions about the ideas represented …

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The role of instant messaging in communities of practice

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 10, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

James Dellow made an excellent post today pointing us to some articles in The Australian which explore the ‘whats’ and ‘hows’ of instant messaging (IM). …

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Components of a community of practice

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 8, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

This article in Harvard Business Review Working Knowledge is both helpful and confusing. It’s helpful because it reminds community practitioners of the need to stay …

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“Lessons learned” creates the wrong mindset

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 4, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

I have been thinking about the term ‘lessons learned’ today. In a way it’s an oxymoron. The word ‘lessons’ suggests something that is known which can …

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Etienne Wenger’s slides from his recent visit to Melbourne and Canberra

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 2, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

In July we hosted Etienne at a range of events in Canberra and Melbourne. Many of you have been asking for a copy of Etienne’s …

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The CoP support team

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 30, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

Every strategic community of practice has a support team. This small group of people makes life easier for members. Etienne Wenger calls it “enhancing member …

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CoP Tips: enticing a busy expert to be a community topic leader

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 24, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

Distributed or large communities of practice require subdivision—one cannot feel a sense of community, for example, with another 1000 colleagues. One way is to nurture …

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