It's been a month since ' wrote a line in this Anglo corner. Maybe I should begin by a monthly review ! and progress eventually toward  a weekly synthesis ?

I've been working, between other things, on a presentation of the works of Wenger (mostly Cultivating communities of practice) in the context of a CoP where I have been involved since 15 years, without knowing we were doing a CoP !

Presentation of the concepts, some of the principles, and the changing context of the CLSC where some kind of professional structures have been implemented a few years ago that could be taken as a kind of CoP... but without the voluntary element that is essential, in the words of Wenger, to define a real CoP.

In conclusion, I was suggesting my peers that we should migrate from the marginal position of our professional voluntary association and define ourselve more as a CoP, asking for more substantial means (that would not be difficult : we have'nt received any !) and support from the instutional network where we're working. See Communautés de pratique et gestion de savoirs

Another conclusion of this work have been a proposition I intend to push : make an experimental implementation of a dozen of Radio copies, something like what Rick Klau made and commented recently, and try the tool 'multiAuthorWeblog'.

One of the most interesting piece of information from the last month : Xerox research show that those who are more in a sharing knowledge attitude are those who are high performer. "(E)mployees rated as 'low performers' tend to be hoarders who avoid contributing to the knowledge pool". It seems confirmed a contrario by another article (french) where the worker in a static (bureaucratic) organisation is not inclined to share knowledge.

I don't know yet what I'll do with that but... it's simmering !

10:09:31 PM