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

    • July 31, 2025
      Re: KM Roundtable Topics
      The use case you describe is similar to what I implemented for Microsoft’s Corporate and Legal Affairs (CLA) [At the time it was Legal and Corporate Affairs]  It was over a decade ago and we didn’t ha …
    • July 31, 2025
      Re: KM Roundtable Topics
      Also… I (informally) tested Copilot for SharePoint on a big library of contracts.  Our legal team wanted to know if we could use it to pull out information across all the contracts?  Like which ones …
    • July 31, 2025
      Re: KM Roundtable Topics
      I cannot respond with Microsoft’s perspective – but I can share some insight.   From the perspective of search relevance, metadata will definitely impact which results get provided to the LLM.    So, …
    • July 31, 2025
      Re: KM Roundtable Topics
      Hello!   We're exploring the relationship between content and agents.  We are currently in the midst of a big refresh of key employee-facing content. There is an ambition to introduce LLM as a di …
    • July 31, 2025
      Re: After-Action-Reviews
      Hello – I'm new to this community!  First post! I have worked on digital workplace and enterprise social in consulting context for about 20(ish) years. I'm focused in-house now (I'm not …
    • July 29, 2025
      Re: CoP Baseline Surveys
      Amy, I have used a light approach to social network analysis to assess the impact of communities of practice where the intent was also to break organisational silos.For instance, at a client organisat …
    • July 28, 2025
      Re: KM Roundtable Topics
      Again, I think this is what makes it an exciting moment for scenario work on the future context for KM – the question is not just about the technical capacities of the technologies labelled as "A …
    • July 28, 2025
      Re: KM Roundtable Topics
      What shape will KM take and where will it be done in a AI future? What lies behind this is the evident tacit assumption that AI is about doing what we do now, but cheaper, faster; and that ignores the …
    • July 28, 2025
      Re: After-Action-Reviews
      I'm a big fan of AARs, and did quite a few in a previous job that I had.  But there's nothing magical or sacred about the process, and the simplicity of the 4-question structure can be both …
    • July 28, 2025
      Re: After-Action-Reviews
      Hi Chris, Yeap, I have always been a “Chris Collison” fan 😊. And I know why! Your answer makes perfect sense, and I will also check-in with my colleagues working in Agile teams. If something “new” app …

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