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

    • September 3, 2026
      KMCP-P Class in London October 26-30 2026
      Knoco International is hosting the Knowledge Management Certified Professional – Practitioner course in London from 26-30 October. For more information, please visit the following website: KMCP London …
    • September 1, 2026
      Case Study Call for K&IM book
      📖 Share your K&IM story!Have you tackled a real Knowledge & Information Management challenge, protected critical expertise, strengthened governance, or delivered impact with limited resources? …
    • September 1, 2026
      ⏰ Final Call for Entries CILIP KM Awards
      ⏳ Deadline extended!The CILIP Knowledge Management Awards 2026 deadline has been extended to 30 September 2026 — so there’s still time to recognise an outstanding Knowledge Manager or KM initiative.🏅 …
    • August 31, 2026
      Re: Applications for the 2026 PhD KIM online Cohort are Now Open
      Hello Dr. Vincent, Thank you for sharing the information about the online cohort for this programme. I’d be keen to connect and discuss this further. I’ve also DMed you on WhatsApp and look forward to …
    • August 28, 2026
      Re: Applications for the 2026 PhD KIM online Cohort are Now Open
      Hello Dr. Vincent Ribière,Thank you for sharing the information about the PhD KIM program and the 2027 scholarship.I am writing to inquire if Bangkok University also offers any Master's scholarsh …
    • August 28, 2026
      Re: Applications for the 2026 PhD KIM online Cohort are Now Open
      the only one problem  is that I have 45 it is the big deal Dr Onofre after this I can have nice cv———- Původní e‑mail ———-Od: Vincent Ribiere Komu: main@sikm.groups.ioDatum: 28. 8. 2026 12 …
    • August 28, 2026
      Re: Applications for the 2026 PhD KIM online Cohort are Now Open
      Dear Gaby,Thank you for your interest in our PhD KIM program.Bangkok University offers 1 PhD scholarship every year, for 2027 you can find the application information at:https://www.bu.ac.th/en/schola …
    • August 28, 2026
      Re: New Member Introduction and a Sincere Thank You
      Salam Fahd, Great having you among us; we share and learn together as part of this community. I'm sharing the expertise-based KM approach that I'm promoting and pioneering. – A 20-minute int …
    • August 28, 2026
      New Member Introduction and a Sincere Thank You
      Hello SIKM colleagues, First, my sincere thanks to Stan for welcoming me into the community, and to the many practitioners so generously share their experience here. I have already found myself going …
    • August 27, 2026
      Re: A map of 250 monthly SIKM calls — feedback and suggestions welcome
      Adriana Jacinto reacted to your message: From: main@SIKM.groups.io on behalf of Victoria Ward via groups.io Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2026 09:20:17 To: main@sikm.groups.io Subject: Re: [SIKM] A map of …

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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