SIKM Leaders Community

SIKM Leaders Community

The SIKM Leaders Community, originally named the Systems Integration Knowledge Management Leaders Community, is a community of Knowledge Management leaders from firms around the world. It was created in 2005 by Stan Garfield for Systems Integration and Consulting firms, but soon expanded to include all Knowledge Management leaders. The goal is to share experiences and insights on implementing Knowledge Management programs.

Stan, who is still leading the community, was Community Evangelist at Deloitte Global Knowledge Services and Worldwide Knowledge Management Lead at Hewlett Packard and Compaq Computer Corp. He is now retired, acting as author, speaker and community leader in the field of Knowledge Management.

The Systems Integration KM Leaders Community offers the following Knowledge Management education and training opportunities:

Chapters

  • SIKM Global Group (start: Aug 2005)
    • SIKM Community Champions
  • SIKM Boston Chapter (start: Jan 2009)
  • SIKM NYC Group (Dec 2015 – Dec 2016)
  • SIKM San Francisco Bay Area Group (start: Sep 2018)

Training

  • Would you like to have a KM MENTOR? Peer Mentoring Programme for KM practitioners (start: 2023; w. KM4Dev)
      Feb 2024: KM Peer Mentoring Pilot Debrief

Conferences

  • Midwest Knowledge Management (KM) Symposium*
    (Organizer: Midwest KM Community; Pioneer Knowledge Services)

Meetings

  • Monthly SIKM Leaders Community Calls
    List of Community Calls
    Usually on the third Tuesday of the month; Meeting platform; Member access to schedule w. links to past calls’ follow-ups (incl. slides, recordings, etc.; Registration required!); Since 2017 supported by Susan Ostreicher

  • Chapter meetings
    List of Meetings
  • SIKM Peer Assists, Knowledge Cafes, Fishbowls, etc.
  • Get-togethers @ KM events (mainly at KMWorld conference)
    • 13th SIKM Leaders Community Get-together at KMWorld, Nov 9, 2022
    • 12th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner/Meetup at KMWorld, Nov 16, 2020 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • 11th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 6, 2019 (Orga: Susan Hanley, Arno Boersma, Neesham Spitzberg)
    • 10th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 7, 2018 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • 9th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 7, 2017 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • 8th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 16, 2016 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • 7th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 3, 2015 (Orga: Arno Boersma and Neesham Spitzberg)
    • 6th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 6, 2014 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • 5th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 6, 2013 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • (informal) APQC KM Conference SIKM Leaders Community Dinner, May 2, 2013
    • 4th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Oct 18, 2012 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • APQC KM Conference SIKM Leaders Community Dinner, Apr 26, 2012 (Orga.: Linda Hummel)
    • 3th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 2, 2011 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
      (joint event with the Knowledge Management Education Forum)
    • 2nd SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 17, 2010 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • 1st SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 17, 2009 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
  • Group Conversations
    Latest conversations

    • March 18, 2024
      Re: Seeking new KM Business Partners
      Forgive me but I don’t see any discussion about ‘to AI or not AI’.  The issue on my part was lessons learnt from past KM failures and the need for cautionI do think that we need to take account that t …
    • March 18, 2024
      March 2024 SIKM Call: Stephanie Barnes – Radical Knowledge Management: Helping Humans in an AI World
      This is a reminder of tomorrow's monthly call from 11 am to 12 noon EDT. Note: the US is now on Daylight Savings Time, so convert to your local time accordingly. March 19, 2024 SIKM Call: Stephan …
    • March 18, 2024
      Re: Experiences Growing KM Teams
      Hi Genevieve,   In my experience, "small but mighty" can be very effective.   In the past I was a member of a KM team that supported 55,000 associates and consisted of 7 people at its larges …
    • March 18, 2024
      KM Peer Mentoring Program, 2024 edition – online applications
      Hello dear fellow-KMers,Hope you all had lovely weekends!Just a gentle reminder that this is the LAST week for applying for the 2024 KM Peer Mentoring Program.  Closing date to apply is cob 25 March.  …
    • March 18, 2024
      Re: Seeking new KM Business Partners
      I’ve been following this debate with interest from a safe distance. To me it is quite pointless at this day and age to discuss “to AI or not to AI” and though a certain level of questioning is absolut …
    • March 17, 2024
      Re: Seeking new KM Business Partners
      Well, the whole point of my last response was that just leaving the role of AI to fate was a questionable response, a sales-driven promise of utopia that fails to show due caution to the significant d …
    • March 17, 2024
      Re: Seeking new KM Business Partners
      Friends –   I won’t claim expertise here, but I’d offer a set of thoughts and observations.   First, enterprise search — ~20 years ago – was supposed to revolutionize knowledge management.  Certainly …
    • March 17, 2024
      Re: Seeking new KM Business Partners
      Let's agree not to agree, and let the future be our judge.  
    • March 17, 2024
      Re: Seeking new KM Business Partners
      That is a strawman argument, Moria. No one, least of all me, is saying that we can do without technology or that it doesn’t have value. My point was that:you were wrong to suggest that the last three …
    • March 17, 2024
      Re: Seeking new KM Business Partners
      Dave,Thank you for taking part in these discussions, here and in our KMGN "LEVERAGING THE VALUE CREATION OF TACIT KNOWLEDGE" course.  People and culture, were and will always be, essential. …

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