At the recent World Business Forum , held in New York City on Oct 6-7, Patrick Lencioni (founder and president of the Table Group, and a fantastically articulate and dynamic speaker incidentally) spoke to the audience about “What makes a good team?”.  http://scorpfromhell.blogspot.com/2009/06/power-of-communities-tribes-not-cults.html Regards, Prem 25 10 2009 Subash (06:21:30) : Boris, One simple thing which companies which have COP need to do is to make sure that people who

But for those leaders who are willing to see themselves as more sponsor than emperor, a valuable organisational form that takes advantage of knowledge networks in a more formal way is called Communities of Practice (CoP). Defined as groups of people informally bound together by shared expertise and passion for joint enterprise (Wenger, 2001, p.2), the organic and informal nature of CoPs makes them resistant to supervision and interference. skip to main | skip to sidebar Delta Knowledge A blog about Collaboration cultures, Social Networks, Enterprise 2.0 and

Another example would be the Grameen Foundation. There is considerable interest in the issue of Communities of Practice (CoPs). Does anyone know of any published, or about to be published work about trends in the development of CoPs. All help appreciated. Ideally by commenting to this post, or my email if you want to be private. HOME JOIN NEWSLETTER LIST ABOUT WHAT WE DO WHO WE ARE OPERATING PRINCIPLES CONTACT US ANNUAL REPORTS PRACTITIONERS NETWORK DIRECTORY OF PRACTITIONERS SEEKING ACCREDITATION PRACTITIONER LOGIN EDUCATION ACCREDITATION NARRATIVE RESEARCH SENSEMAKER LEADERSHIP SOCIAL COMPUTING METHODS METHODS WIKI RESOURCES ARTICLES BY DAVE SNOWDEN ARTICLES BY OTHERS PRESENTATIONS RECOMMENDED READING PODCASTS CASE STUDIES WHITE PAPERS