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Starting from scratch

Clark Quinn

I decided to take this on, thinking about an org that was already in operation, with it’s goals, processes, and practices, and what I might do if I were to come in and get it going (with the support of the executive team to do what I thought was right).

Cognitive 180
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Starting a revolution?

Clark Quinn

In thinking a bit about the Future of Work, one of the issues is where to start. If we take the implications of the Coherent Organization to heart, we realize that the components include the work teams, the communities of practice (increasingly I think of it as a community of improvement ), and the broader network.

Community 100
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The differences between learning in an e-business and learning in a social business

Jane Hart

Increasing interest in building and managing learning communities as part of blended programmes. Supporting self-organized communities of practice, and developing new community skills of practice, is a key area of work. Supporting work teams. Little interest in this area of work.

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Building a Performance Ecosystem

CLO Magazine

Social knowledge management consultant Harold Jarche suggests there are multiple layers, from collaborating in work teams, to collective learning in communities of practice, to cooperative learning with peers and friends in our networks (Figure 1). Then, just what is learning’s role?

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Why Content Curation Should be in Your Skillset

Jay Cross

A multinational software and e-business consulting firm (If I told you the name, I’d have to shoot you) set up dozens of communities of a hundred or so like-minded professionals. Admission is invitation-only; the communities are like guilds. Work teams often share a unique language or vocabulary. Millions Saved .