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Communities of Practice – What I’ve Learnt | Communities and Collaboration

Communities of Practice – What I’ve Learnt | Communities and Collaboration

February 11, 2014 By mark david mcCreary

Steve Dale summarizes 9 years of working with Communities of Practice into one short page !

Command and control will kill a community.

Don’t assume everyone knows how to contribute.

Let users drive their own experimentation and use of tools.

Ensure CoP facilitators/moderators are given sufficient time for their role.

Without active facilitation, CoPs will revert to ‘tribal’ working.

Don’t worry about the ‘lurkers’ – be happy that they have chosen to be there.

Condition your managers for failure; not every CoP is going to be successful.

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