Posts tagged ‘communities of practice’
A “community of practice” has a shared social process. The identity of the community is built around what is shared – a conception, an informal process, etc.
Source ??? of “communities of practice” = Etienne Wenger 1998
Right hand figure: two networks joined “loosely” by a single person, only slighetly engaged with either network. Was said to be a Prof. who sat on both communities [and therefore knew what both were doing] but did not really engage in their work.
Those people able to stimulate innovation have lots of WEAK ties which join communities. — This is the “strength of weak ties” principle.
Dr. Derek S. Thomson 