Communities of Practice

1. Communities of Practice Building a knowledge repository is easier than shifting the company’s policy towards knowledge sharing. Pommier

2. Communities of Practice

3. Communities of Practice To successfully capture, share and leverage knowledge, an organisation needs to facilitate human interactions between professionals who:- • share a common interest or experience • share common problems • identify solutions that will improve their work effectiveness. ,

4. Communities of Practice Without the benefit of shared practice people will consistently re-invent the wheel, deliver sub-optimal solutions to their clients and miss potential efficiency gains. Pommier

5. Communities of Practice in the World Bank • More than 120 thematic groups are now supported by the Bank • Besides budgetary, allocations various instruments have been developed to nurture the thematic groups

6. Communities of Practice for Corporate Social Responsibility in BP Thematic groups were encouraged to organise around common themes such as • environment • poverty • early childhood development • rural water supply • sanitation.

7. Cultivating Communities of Practice “A Practical Model as a Guide to Development .” See the process as iterative and a balancing act and parallel process across:- • Sharing DOMAIN • Developing GROUND RULES • Storing and using PRACTICE Wenger, E., McDermott, R., Snyder, W. (2002) A Guide to Managing Knowledge Boston, MA, HBS Press

8. Official Status of CoPs Wenger, E., McDermott, R., Snyder, W. (2002) A Guide to Managing Knowledge Boston, MA, HBS Press

9. Distinctiveness of CoPs

10. Communities of Practice