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APM PMO Conference 2015 22nd October 2015 Social communities - fostering communities to enable change The slide material by Simon Williams and Elisabeth Goodman
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Social Communities Foster Change
- 1. Social Communities “Fostering communities to enable change” Simon Williams & Elisabeth Goodman PMO Conference 22nd October 2015 The Enabling Change SIG
- 2. 1. What are communities? 1.A group of people with a common interest, theme or goal 2.A forum for people to “converse” with each other 3.They generate some form of output: information, knowledge, action.. Lots more about this from various sources e.g. Richard McDermott, Etienne Wenger, Gurteen, Goodman & Riddell and the Knowledge SIG
- 3. 2. Why use communities to enable change? 1.They “exist” anyway - formal organisational structures, informal networks, specially set up? 2.They provide access to a wealth of experience / knowledge 3.They can catalyse, sabotage or be side-lined by change – therefore they need to be managed to work in a positive way Shell recognised they needed to share knowledge through new ways of learning in a global way. BP has a huge number of communities partly as a driver of efficiency - "quick wins come from sharing what we already know." Open University change community now numbers 400 people
- 4. 3. How to foster communities for change? 1.Look for existing ones and explore how you can use them 2.Identify gaps to engage remaining stakeholders 3.Give the communities the tools and support to be effective* *How to build momentum: Find a few committed people to consistently promote the community and stimulate sharing and discussion. Keep it topical and try to pose questions to prompt discussion rather than just statements. Where appropriate provide events to facilitate face to face networking.
- 5. Each other Events Micro-site Newsletter Spark Collaboration Contact us! Simon.Williams@tube.tfl.gov.uk elisabeth@riverrhee.com What will you do? Resources available from the Enabling Change SIG The SIG’s mission is to‘improve the change capability of organisations, teams and individuals’