Category Archives: Community of Practice

What Kind of Community Builder Will You Be?

Posted on April 9, 2020 by julianstodd

In the Social Age, our Communities make us stronger, if we are willing to invest in their strength, and hold the humility to listen. In the work i recently published in the ‘Community Builder Guidebook’, i talked about the underlying … Continue reading →

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Community Firmament

Posted on October 28, 2019 by julianstodd

I think i would put today’s writing firmly in the speculative space: i am thinking about how Communities operate within Formal Organisations, and prototyping a new language around it. But i do not expect this to be ‘right’ yet. It’s … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud on the Prototype Community Diagnostic

Posted on October 2, 2019 by julianstodd

i’m working this week on a Community Diagnostic, aimed to visualise a profile of a Community. The first iteration will have circa 100 questions, and is likely to be a rough affair, as it consolidates several earlier efforts. In these … Continue reading →

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The Community Handbook: a #WorkingOutLoud post

Posted on March 7, 2018 by julianstodd

I’m taking the results from the Landscape of Trust research, and the Communities of Practice research, and trying to hack together a short Handbook, intended to share relevant aspects of the combined research, alongside interpretation, links to other writing, and … Continue reading →

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What Is Community For? A #WorkingOutLoud Post

Posted on March 1, 2018 by julianstodd

I’m drawing upon the two main research projects from 2017, to produce a wider report on ‘Communities’, in Social Learning, and Social Leadership. I will share this once complete. It will be a practical guide, doing four things: * I … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud on Communities

Posted on February 28, 2018 by julianstodd

I’m working up a report on communities, specifically on the conditions for, and operation of, Communities of Practice. I’ve spend seven hours working on this on the plane today, so just sharing the introduction as part of #WorkingOutLoud. “In the … Continue reading →

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Creating and sharing: why we are all curators in the Social Age

Posted on November 4, 2013 by julianstodd

I read a study this morning from the Pew Research Centre’s Internet Project. They interviewed a thousand American adults on their internet habits: 54% of them had posted original photos or videos to websites and 47% shared content they found … Continue reading →

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Learning tribes

Posted on August 16, 2013 by julianstodd

It’s been a good week: i’ve been in New York, working with a small team, sharing ideas and learning. Most of the sessions have been around leadership, with me trying to bring a perspective of the Social Age, exploring the … Continue reading →

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Creating an environment for #learning: collaboration and community

Posted on July 12, 2013 by julianstodd

As i sat writing this morning, an elderly gentleman came to the table and asked me if he could lay out the International papers without disturbing me. I’m in the Icebreaker cafe, by the Amstel, one of my favourite writing … Continue reading →

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Manifesto for the Social Age: A first draft of the narrative

Posted on July 2, 2013 by julianstodd

I had two conversations yesterday that prompted me to think a little. I was talking about Social Leadership and Social Learning with Sarah, in the UK and Marissa in the US. There was a common narrative to both conversations, so … Continue reading →

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