"Communities of practice are the next step in the evolution of the modern, knowledge-based organization. Communities of practice are included in the budgeting and planning process, are a legitimate way to spend time, are held accountable for producing and stewarding knowledge, and are gradually assuming a formal voice in organizations. It is not surprising that communities are central to successful knowledge management initiatives... [they are] a channel for knowledge to cross boundaries created by workflow, functions, geography, and time."

(Building and Sustaining Communities of Practice, a study by American Productivity & Quality Center).

CoIL offers workshops, executive briefings and online seminars in:

• Creating a Center for Excellence in Communities of Practice
• Generating and Measuring Value in Communities of Practice

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Selected CoP-related past projects

CoIL's Founder and Senior Consultant, has:

• Co-taught the first online course on Communities of Practice with Etienne Wenger, in 1998.
• Delivered a "Building Communities through Non-Management" workshop for facilitators of communities of practice in a Fortune 500 communications hardware company.
• Established the 5-layer Community Design Architecture™ and introduced it in several Fortune 500 companies.
• Created the first site on the Web dedicated to Communities of Practice, which is not quite current with the today's tidal wave of CoP literature, yet it's still one of the most frequently referenced CoP site according to Google.