8 Proven Practices for Successful Communities of Practice

Communities of practice are networks of people who come together to share and learn from one another face-to-face, virtually, or both. Most organizations develop communities or networks to encourage communication and collaboration across different locations and parts of the business. Held together by a common purpose, this infographic demonstrates how they focus on sharing experiences and insights related to a topic or discipline and perform a variety of knowledge-oriented tasks on behalf of organizations such as:

• Documenting and transferring best practices or lessons learned
• Creating, maintaining, and stewarding bodies of knowledge
• Providing access to expertise
• Supporting on-the-job learning
• Generating new ideas and innovation