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

    • June 20, 2025
      Re: Knowledge Domains/Areas
      Hello Barry, I am a big advocate of Knowledge Domain Analysis and followed the guide from KCS v6. I can share what I did in my previous company if you have specific questions. Regards, Ciara White …
    • June 20, 2025
      Re: Is there a benchmark or global policy on ethical KM practices
      Thank you all for such vital and insightful thoughts, following all with such an interest. Hope we will start creating ethics in KM very soon!
    • June 20, 2025
      Re: Knowledge Domains/Areas
      I hope this helps! And thanks for letting me into the group. I’m excited to collaborate with one another.At McGraw Hill, we focused our knowledge strategy around several key domains to strengthen cont …
    • June 20, 2025
      Re: Knowledge Domains/Areas
      Hi Barry,   I am in the same stage with you, so no results of my own, but happy to share my research that I have used to pitch this to my leadership. Bonus: we can do this face to face in a couple of …
    • June 20, 2025
      Re: Is there a benchmark or global policy on ethical KM practices
      Hi Hamish,From our past conversation in this space on Ethical Standards and KM, the CILIP Ethical Framework seems to be only one out there.Ethical frameworkcilip.org.ukIf I am not mistaken and if I u …
    • June 20, 2025
      Is there a benchmark or global policy on ethical KM practices
      Hey y'all I was thinking, because I generally work in an industry where KM is used for good. But I wondered if there is a KM ethical standard. I think we've brought this up before, but I won …
    • June 20, 2025
      Re: Knowledge Domains/Areas
      Hi Barry, I’d be happy to share some examples of how I’ve focused on specific Knowledge Domains to drive significant impact — particularly from a customer service perspective. Sky UK Example: During m …
    • June 20, 2025
      Re: The Knowledge Myth We Must Unlearn: The Dichotomy of Tacit and Explicit Knowledge
      Thanks Rachad,I nust added this comment to your LinkedIn post and share it here as part of this separate knowledge generating conversation…When the ISO30401 standard was being developed (2017-18), I …
    • June 20, 2025
      Knowledge Domains/Areas
      Hi all, I have a favour to ask please,   I just had a good meeting with our sponsor for KM in Novartis.   I proposed we identify 5 key knowledge domains/areas and focus our approach on those.   For ne …
    • June 20, 2025
      Re: The Knowledge Myth We Must Unlearn: The Dichotomy of Tacit and Explicit Knowledge
      RachadThank you . This sounds like a very useful conversation to be had John 

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