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:

Communities

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)
  • Detroit KM Community

Subgroups

  • Knowledge Management Peer Mentoring Program Community

Training

  • Would you like to have a KM MENTOR? Peer Mentoring Programme for KM practitioners (start: 2023; w. KM4Dev)
      Info/Review Sessions:
      Feb 2025: KM Peer Mentoring Program Update
      Feb 2024: KM Peer Mentoring Pilot Debrief

      KMGN Global Week Sessions
      2025: Stories of our 30 Years in KM: The Unvarnished Truths (with Liam Fahey, Stan Garfield and Dave Snowden); To Transfer Knowledge and Expertise: MENTORING works!

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)
    • 14th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 19 or 20, 2024 (Orga: Stan Garfield)
    • 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

    • October 3, 2025
      Re: SharePoint Knowledge Agent: Call for Feedback
      Rebecka, I've so appreciated updates on the new Knowledge Agent from you and Sue Hanley on LinkedIn – thank you! I'm also interested in costs. I checked with our internal IT leaders, and the …
    • October 3, 2025
      Re: Thoughts/Feedback on Logic Model for Narrative Theory of Treatment
      Thank you John!   Storytelling is a skill that I would like to further develop and these resources should help me advance along multiple lines.   Take care. — Cleonel A. Bottex www.linkedin.com/in/cl …
    • October 2, 2025
      Re: Thoughts/Feedback on Logic Model for Narrative Theory of Treatment
      Cleonel,As someone who has worked in KM, Education, and Story Theory, I like your Narrative Theory of Treatment approach in general.It follows most of the story structure and differentiates between Pr …
    • October 2, 2025
      Re: SharePoint Knowledge Agent: Call for Feedback
      Hi Mel,   There are – as far as I can see it – two costs to take into account:   There is the cost of running the knowledge agent. Currently covered in the M365 Copilot license, but possibly moving to …
    • October 2, 2025
      Re: SharePoint Knowledge Agent: Call for Feedback
      Hi team   Apologies for having missed the action in here. This is obviously super interesting for our product team to track too. As many of you know, we are always keen to leverage and incorporate M36 …
    • October 2, 2025
      Re: SharePoint Knowledge Agent: Call for Feedback
      On Sat, Sep 20, 2025 at 08:28 AM, Rebecka Isaksson wrote:   Hi Rebecka and all,   Yes I like the direction. I was keen on the short-lived Viva Topics and it's taken them until recently to start t …
    • October 2, 2025
      SharePoint Knowledge Agent: Call for Feedback
      Hello SIKM Leaders Community, I would love your thoughts about the Knowledge Agent that is now available in SharePoint in Public Preview. I just posted my second article about it since the release on …
    • October 2, 2025
      Re: Benchmarking a KM Strategy
      Hi Rachel,   Some of the best KM Benchmarking content I've used is from the resource library on APQC,s site and some of it is free to the public (if you are not a member you may have to share you …
    • October 2, 2025
      Benchmarking a KM Strategy
      Hello!   I'm a new member of SIKM, having heard about it at the Knowledge Summit Dublin earlier this year – excited to share and learn more through this group going forward. I lead the KM team in …
    • September 29, 2025
      Re: Important notice about LinkedIn's unethical use of PII data & content for training AI models
      Sorry! Forgot to add the link to my post – and Adis guidance on HOW TO opt out. I was too fast due to my frustration with this behaviour from LI ;) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rebeckaisaksson_when- …

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