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PROFESSOR CONCEDES COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE AS
GOLD STANDARD EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT
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Good leadership is classed in advanced skills/attributes group. It is hard to master. Any subject that is hard to master cannot be developed from basic instructional techniques like didactic teaching. There is a large amount of
tacit learning....the 80% hidden working knowledge stuff. It has to be slowly developed from within...by INDUCTIVE LEARNING...EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING. Yes?

SELF-DISCOVERY LEARNING is what this professor advocates for the harder science of social skills. It uncovers the underlying issues much better than a textbook....or a KM database.

KM's unique contribution to organisational effectiveness is providing learning vehicles that develop key skill groups to advanced levels. Communities of Practice (CoPs) face-to-face in combination with on-line communities has been considered the gold standard for personal and professional development and continuous improvement. People learn best when they discover it themselves through a supportive environment... often meaning structured peer-to-peer learning. Yes... for factory-floor workers too.

Can a book help you through your eating disorder ? No...not nearly as powerful as a structured community of practice as previously documented.

But now a business professor has dared to challenge the status quo of education methods proving that atleast for more complex subjects requiring higher levels of tacit knowledge CoPs are proving the way to go.

What level of tacit knowledge are professional groups in your organisation working at... and how are you assisting them to transfer some of this knowledge to others ?

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