What is the purpose of a community of practice? To me it is the
practice. What is the purpose of this list? For me it is engagement
in a domain of practice or interest loosely referred to as
organisational learning.
Narrowing down to a specific purpose, vision or intention, while it
may not harm the list, will contribute nothing to me. I welcome a
mix of intentions. What I look for is contributions from individuals
from their own interests, their own challenges, their own experience,
questions and unique backgrounds. The contribution is a natural
effect of participation and I'm looking for nothing more.
Rick's comment about information to noise ration is everything for
me. I know how to delete, bypass and not respond. I will
participate as long as the information (interest) outweighs the noise
(time and attention to bypass).
The looseness with which Rick describes his purpose is exactly right
for me.
Michael McMaster : Michael@kbddean.demon.co.uk
book cafe site : http://www.vision-nest.com/BTBookCafe
Intelligence is the underlying organisational principle
of the universe. Heraclitus
--Michael McMaster <Michael@kbddean.demon.co.uk>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>