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

    • May 8, 2024
      Re: Reference materials on Strategic Knowledge Management
      Dear, Thank you for sharing. This is a great and I’ll explore and learn more about.  
    • May 7, 2024
      Re: Alt. term for 'KM'?
      While I wholeheartedly agree with your statement, I would lighten up even more on examples – here are a few more for what to call KM (WTPFIC). Customer Capture (and Retention) Framework (attract (and …
    • May 7, 2024
      Re: Alt. term for 'KM'?
      Great idea, Gordon  Jonathan Norman, FRSA, FAPMConsultantStrategy, Knowledge and Project Management,Communities of Practice Mobile +44 (0)7490 351305 Email jsnfarnborough@…      
    • May 7, 2024
      Re: Alt. term for 'KM'?
      In my experience, using a phrase – like knowledge management that confuses people is never a good thing when trying to get buy-in (e.g. What is "knowledge"? Where do we use that? How can you …
    • May 7, 2024
      Re: Reference materials on Strategic Knowledge Management
      Dear Roy, Thanks for reaching out, I will explore. The challenge may be referencing a little older materials; the professors have a problem with that but I can use it as historical perspectives and sh …
    • May 7, 2024
      Re: Reference materials on Strategic Knowledge Management
      Hi,If you are looking at KM in automotive, I wonder if there might be some adjacent studies in Total Quality Management (e.g. at Toyota in the ??80s??) that might be interesting? e.g. do they use KM w …
    • May 7, 2024
      Re: Alt. term for 'KM'?
      An observation; most of the examples here have the word "Knowledge" in them. Is that the barrier word? Would other words such as capability, collaboration, experience, excellence, Communitie …
    • May 7, 2024
      Re: New podcast: Knowledge Fika
      Hello Rebecka, I'm passionate about podcasts and have been utilizing the Snipd app for the past two years primarily because it enables me to access transcripts of the discussions (processed via A …
    • May 6, 2024
      Re: New podcast: Knowledge Fika
      Hello everyone! Episode 1 of Knowledge Fika (the podcast), with the incredibly knowledgeable Dan Holme (Product Leader, Microsoft Viva Engage), is now LIVE! Episode link: https://open.spotify.com/epis …
    • May 4, 2024
      Re: Ebsco Stacks? and other vendor Knowledge Portals/Centers products
      I'd take the standard sourcing approach based on impact to competitive strategy. This approach looks at need for control, need for knowledge, new technology. If the KM your internal knowledge por …

Web Channels

SIKM on Groups.io (discussion forum) SIKM on freeconferencecall (videoconferencing) SIKM on slideshare (documents) SIKM Boston on PBworks (wiki) SIKM Boston on twitter (microblogging)
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