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

    • March 27, 2024
      Re: Keeping people in the disagreement
      Hi Stephen –   On the first part, let me shift for a second to demonstrate the problem.  So, let’s say for the sake of argument that we decided that the best practice in KM was to use an expertise dir …
    • March 27, 2024
      Re: Happy Birthday Stan!
      Hope you have had a wonderful b-day, Stan. In Brasil, the "Happy Birthday" song is:"Parabéns para você,Nesta data querida,Muitas felicidades, Muitos anos de vida".Hope you all the …
    • March 27, 2024
      Re: Happy Birthday Stan!
      Thanks for the birthday wishes. To see lists of others who were also born on my birthday, check out my newsletter Fave Five. And if you like books, food, music, sports, or humor, you can subscribe to …
    • March 27, 2024
      Re: Happy Birthday Stan!
      Belated wishes for a very happy birthday Stan. I might be one of the quiet members of the group but I’ve learnt so much from this beautiful community you have fostered. I’m grateful for the wealth of …
    • March 27, 2024
      Re: Happy Birthday Stan!
      Happy (belated) Birthday, Stan! I hope you had a great day and that the year ahead is filled with joy!
    • March 27, 2024
      Re: Keeping people in the disagreement
      Hi Rob, In that case, I see two ways to facilitate change in the context of these experts: Make a lack of change equally painful as sticking to their guns for them Engineer a situation where they can …
    • March 27, 2024
      Re: Keeping people in the disagreement
      Hi Stephanie –   Thanks.  It was an interesting read.  It left me wondering what can be done to spur curiosity.  One of the bigger personalities in the space is, relatively speaking, curious.  I’ve tr …
    • March 27, 2024
      Re: Keeping people in the disagreement
      You solve complex problems by creating the conditions in which new perspectives and/or solutions can emerge.  That means mapping how things are and what can change, before you decide what those change …
    • March 27, 2024
      Re: Keeping people in the disagreement
      Hi Stephen –   Thanks for the systems thinking view.  I think implicit in this approach is a degree of influence that I probably don’t have.   There are two dynamics that are playing out here.   First …
    • March 26, 2024
      KM Peer Mentoring Program, 2024 edition – online applications
      Hello again dear fellow-KMers,Hope your week has started well.  Just to let you all know that the online application to be KM Mentees is now CLOSED.  We were able to receive 93 applications.  On the m …

Web Channels

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