If you would like to develop or restart a Community of Practice, our toolkit will help:
Communities of Practice Toolkit [PDF 266KB]
"a group of people who engage in collective learning in a common area of interest" (Wenger: 1998)
Hannah Brown, Events Manager, talks about the Queen Mary Events Community of Practice
Sam Astley, Planning Manager, talks about the Data Analysts’ Community of Practice
In general, communities of practice consist of a group of people with a common sense of purpose who agree to work together to share information, build knowledge, develop expertise and solve problems. The primary purpose being learning.
Communities of practice (CoP) are cultivated and nurtured rather than formally managed.
Communities have three important dimensions:
CoPs provide a forum to:
Communities of Practice can support Professional Services Transformation by: