Posts Tagged: Community of Practice

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How to Handle Fire Drills

Someone else’s emergency is not necessarily your emergency. However, as supervisors, your team’s fire drills actually are your problem, and you have to stay calm when the heat is on. So, how can you possibly manage everything that comes across your desk in a productive, organized way? By understanding the dynamics of crisis management andRead… Read more »

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Get Better Public Input During Policymaking

How can we ensure that the voices of the public truly shape the policies that govern their lives? Engaging the public effectively in policymaking and planning is crucial for creating inclusive and representative policies. Fortunately, emerging digital tools enable agencies to reach a broader audience as well as gain more feedback and public engagement. DuringRead… Read more »

Creating a Community of Practice: A Way to Engage Like-minded Practitioners for Learning and Leading

Communities of Practice (CoP) are popping up everywhere in my agency. What seemed to me to be a novel approach to learning, sharing and leading, I have discovered is an aged old phenomenon that stems from learning theory. Cognitive anthropologists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger coined the term “community of practice” when studying apprenticeships asRead… Read more »