Category: people

  • How do you build a ‘community of practice’ without a ‘community’ that practices?

    How do you build a ‘community of practice’ without a ‘community’ that practices?

    I’m really asking. community /kəˈmjuːnɪti/ noun a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. Not for the first time I find myself in a role where part of my responsibility is to support the development of some folk who are relatively early stage in their product and…

  • Power to the people

    Power to the people

    Last year I read a lot more of I guess you’d call ‘business books’. I’ve always bought my share of them but actually getting around to reading them was a whole different thing! Three of them were offering insights in to some of the most influential companies of the internet age (Pixar, Amazon and Google)…