Live KM blogging: Critical success factors for communities of practice

The good folks at APQC provide us with four critical success factors for communities of practice. This is straight from a ppt:

• Management :: Must provide time and support to share and reuse knowledge in a community.



• Social/Cultural :: Sharing and reuse must be seen as "good" and necessary.



• Technical :: Good technology tools are needed to help people collect and connect.



• Personal :: Participation must be seen as an opportunity to achieve career goals.

Wow: Reuse must be seen as good and necessary; we're going to have to change some Coastie culture.