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Just because communities of practice arise naturally does not mean that organizations can't do anything to influence their development.
Most communities of practice exist whether or not the organization recognizes them. Many are best left alone–some might actually wither under the institutional spotlight.
And some may actually need to be carefully seeded and nurtured. But a good number will benefit from some attention, as long as this attention does not smother their self-organizing drive.
Whether these communities arise spontaneously or come together through seeding and nurturing, their development ultimately depends on internal leadership… to legitimize the community as a place for sharing and creating knowledge...
But internal leadership is more diverse and distributed.
Consider your organisation as a community of practice ….
What metaphor might you use to describe it? Is it like a bee hive? Or a block of flats? Or... Or…
Try to draw the organisation as your metaphor and sketch in the details. For example, who is the queen bee, how do the other bees behave... etc etc.
You might want to do this as a cartoon drawing exercise with colleagues.
Ask them to extend the metaphor as far as they can, drawing in more detail in response to questions such as...where is your hive, what does it look like, what does it sound like….how does it feel?