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 Dublin (start: 10/2025)
  • 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; A map of 250 monthly SIKM calls (by Ana Neves, Knowman)

  • Chapter meetings
    List of Meetings
  • SIKM Peer Assists, Knowledge Cafes, Fishbowls, etc.
  • Get-togethers @ KM events (mainly at KMWorld conference)
    • 15th SIKM Leaders Community Meet-up at KMWorld, Nov 2025 (Orga: Stan Garfield)
    • 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

    • July 18, 2026
      Re: I’m new here
      Thank you Curtis. 
    • July 18, 2026
      Re: I’m new here
      Thank you Anna. Nice to meet you. 
    • July 17, 2026
      Re: I’m new here
      Marco – speaking of Synthesis, I recently saw this upcoming event that looks like an interesting case study on rolling it out as part of a sustained KM effort — https://www.linkedin.com/events/webina …
    • July 17, 2026
      Re: I’m new here
      Hi Marco, I'm Anna. I work at Barton Malow, a construction company based in Southfield, Michigan. I managed our SharePoint intranet for several years and now work on a Data and Automation team, f …
    • July 17, 2026
      Re: Lessons Learned + Organizational Intelligence
      Speaking of lessons learned, some of you may enjoy this semi-humorous rant on the subject I just posted on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leadership-lessons-from-world-cup-dennis-pearce-qi7i …
    • July 17, 2026
      3 KM Job Openings
      Knowledge Management Specialist at Lynker in Seattle, WA https://careers-lynker.icims.com/jobs/1589/knowledge-management-specialist/job   Knowledge Management and Learning Officer at The World Bank Gr …
    • July 17, 2026
      Re: What's your take: Is KM losing its soul to IT? Reflections on the SECI model in the AI era
      Thank you for sharing. Interesting paper, but I think it trips on its own metaphor.Its core concept — "tacit machine knowledge" — is basically anthropomorphizing AI. Calling what lives in an …
    • July 17, 2026
      Re: What's your take: Is KM losing its soul to IT? Reflections on the SECI model in the AI era
      You may be interested in this paper:The Human-Machine Knowledge Spiralhttps://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.29227June 2026Abstract:  Nonaka emphasized that innovation is the result of a continuous back-and-forth …
    • July 16, 2026
      Re: I’m new here
      Hi Rory! It was great to meet you. How are you?
    • July 16, 2026
      Re: I’m new here
      Hi Marco,  I'm Rory, we met at KSD. I work for Buro Happold Engineers.  R

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