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

  • KM Peer Mentoring

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

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

    • April 4, 2025
      Re: Virtual Communities, CoPs & KMWorld
      Adriana Jacinto reacted to your message: From: main@SIKM.groups.io on behalf of Barry Byrne via groups.io Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2025 6:11:27 PM To: main@SIKM.groups.io Subject: Re: [SIKM] Virtual C …
    • April 4, 2025
      Re: Bluesky
      Mine is @stangarfield.bsky.social
    • April 4, 2025
      Organizational Knowledge Sharing (OKS) Certificate Program!
      📣 Join the 7th Cohort of the Organizational Knowledge Sharing (OKS) Certificate Program!🗓️ May 26–31, 2025 | 📍 Bangkok, ThailandThe Institute for Knowledge and Innovation Southeast Asia (IKI-SEA) is p …
    • April 3, 2025
      Re: Virtual Communities, CoPs & KMWorld
      Communities will be a topic of discussion at Knowledge Summit Dublin this June 22-24th, and of course we will have the OG of communities himself, the one, the only… Stan Garfield… lead of this fantast …
    • April 3, 2025
      Virtual Communities, CoPs & KMWorld
      So happy to see lots of discussion about virtual communities and CoPs.  Just had a conversation with APQC’s Lynda B about their upcoming research and planning for a larger discussion on this topic at …
    • April 3, 2025
      Re: Bluesky
      Thanks for posting about Bluesky, Brett!I am sharing my handles widely, so that anyone here who is interested, has the opportunity to follow one or more of my Bluesky accounts: Personal Bluesky: @bex- …
    • April 3, 2025
      Re: Virtual Community of Practice to Promote Secondary Students' Thinking Competencies
      The platform is not an easy part.The examples of both the SIKM Community and the CoP-1 Community (the community of knowledge managers in France) are eloquent.Both are composed of members from differen …
    • April 2, 2025
      Re: Register Now: 10th Midwest KM Symposium on June 13, 2025
      If you would like to attend the 10th Midwest KM Symposium on June 13, 2025 in Southfield, Michigan, just send an email to me at stangarfield@… and I will add you to the list of attendees.  There is …
    • April 2, 2025
      Bluesky
      I realized today that im following a bunch of folks on my @KMforDecision X acct that are dormant.    If you have a #KM focused account on BlueSky [because, for example, you left #X for (reasons) ], pl …
    • April 1, 2025
      Re: Virtual Community of Practice to Promote Secondary Students' Thinking Competencies
      Hello Louis-Pierre.   Thank you for your very helpful response.   I have thought through my approach to some of the issues you brought up, but others absolutely need further consideration. The central …

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