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 …

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’ …

Nancy White draws our attention to some interesting metaphors a startup called Socialtext uses to talk about virtual collaboration: * Socialtext — the building and garden* …

One doesn’t implement communities of practice nor create them by management edict. Rather they require the right conditions to grow. Management’s role is to make …

For anyone involved in online communities, this new journal will be a useful resource. The Journal of Community Informatics Community Informatics (CI) is the study …

Last night I met Brian Bainbridge (one of the pioneers of Open Space) at our monthly Emergence meeting. Our discussion revolved around the issue of what …

Today’s Age has a article (requires free subscription) on Podcasting, the audio version of blogging, and suggests its adoption is outpacing its text-based cousin. While the numbers …

In helping companies cultivate communities of practice I frequently hear the following lament: this community idea is important but we just don’t have the time to …

Communities of practice are often regarded, with good reason, as self-organising social systems. I was wondering the other day whether some simple rules for a …

Sue Huckson of the National Institute of Clinical Studies pointed out to me the other day just how negative the term ‘lurker’ is and suggested that …