Getting Results by Initiating, Growing and Sustaining Communities of Practice

Pat Conway, Chief Knowledge Officer, US Army Combined Arms Support Command, provided the featured presentation at the Scaling Up engagement workshop. 

Want to engage your workforce, stakeholders and customers to accelerate peer-to-peer collaboration, stimulate the flow of ideas, and harvest innovation?  Are you faced with the challenges of geographic dispersion, functional silos, and traditional command/control hierarchies? Perhaps Communities of Practice (CoPs) are the answer, but it's important to "deep dive" into how CoPs work and what needs to be done to ensure they support your strategic objectives.  Here are some of the key takeaways from this session:

- Recognizing the strengths and challenges of Communities of Practice (CoP)
- Understanding and Capitalizing on CoP Diversity
- Optimizing the CoP Technology "Tool Box"
- Solidifying Purpose, Structure, Roles and Responsibilities
- Weaving CoPs into the Fabric of the Strategic Plan"