Building a New Community of Practice When Your Job Changes,
Linda Stone , Manager of HR Research, Intel

In October of 1997, I was asked by my boss to take a new position. I had two months to transition into the new job. This meant handing off my old responsibilities and building the structures that would support my new initiatives in the future. Everything was changing, and not the least of it was my community of practice. The presentation will cover my experiences in transition as I built a new community of practice in a very fragmented function and moved into my new accountabilities as the HR Research Manager at Intel.

Questions for collaborative inquiry :

• What can corporations do to advance the practice of "communities of practice" in the workplace?

• How does the concept of "communities of practice" enhance socialization in the workplace?

• What individual and organizational practices need to shift in order to harness the power of intellectual capital in relation to "communities of practice"?

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