Title: "...the community of practice on communities of practice. And like a town square, a place where people gather to connect and learn together. Where many of us are joining in this enterprise from a variety of organizations in the private and public sectors.
Communities of practice are emerging as the most promising structures for building knowledge-based organizations. They are the key to the knowledge strategy of a growing number of leading companies, government agencies, and non-profits. Community development is new to most organizations, however, and there is an urgent need for accelerated learning in this area.Since we believe that communities of practice are the way to organize for knowledge, learning, and innovation, we are applying the method to ourselves. "