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Cultivating Communities of Practice
by Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, William M. Snyder
from Harvard Business School Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Excellent work on Communities of Practice
  
  Cultivating Communities of Practice is the second book from Wenger which is only about Communities of Practice (COP). The first book was a little dry and academic (and intended to be), but this book is your typical business book, which makes it easy to read. Wenger is teaming up with Richard McDermontt and Willian Snyder, which probably helped a lot in the amount of real-life stories in the book.
  The books can be separated in two major parts. The first five chapters are about just about COP and... more info

• A must read for those working to create learning communities
  This book was recommended to me by a colleague who has years of experience in cultivating learning collaboratives. It is stunningly insightful and practical, and the authors speak from observation and experience spanning a wide range of organizations and circumstances. It really is a "how to think about this issue" and "how to make it happen successfully" manual. Highly recommend it.

• Communities of Practice: Energy, Tools, and Gosh
  
  Cultivating Communities of Practice
  I really enjoyed Cultivating Communities of Practice. A major part of my pleasure came from the compassionate enthusiasm the three co-authors emit for communities. Reading this, I got the sense that they really liked people, really liked communities, and were overjoyed they got a chance to study them.
  This leads to a certain naiveté at times. I half-expected to hear "Gosh" or "Wow!" (Anybody remember, "Hey, kids, let's put on a show!" In this case,... more info

• Many good, practical ideas for implementing Communities of Practice
  I originally thought this book might be too academic or that the examples from Shell and McKinsey would not be relevant. I was pleasantly surprised, however, that the book contained numerous ideas that I'm using to introduce communities to my IT organization.
  The book isn't perfect. It could be shorter. The writing is dry. Some of the observations and recommendations verge on the obvious. But even the chapter on Measuring and Managing Value Creation - one of the more high-level and unhelpful chapters -... more info

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