Schneider Electric is Steering its Communities of Practice with the Communities@Work Program

Louis-Pierre Guillaume, Catherine Thiesse, Coline Delmas, Claudia Folco and Karine Goglio-Primard

Chapter 4 in Communities of Innovation:How Organizations Harness Collective Creativity and Build Resilience, 2021, pp 69-92 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: What is the driving force behind the creation, animation and steering of communities of practice in organizations today? On the tools side, enterprise social networks are present in more than 80% of the top-40 companies and in 36% of companies in France. On the human side, individuals seek to find and interact with peers and experts within their own organizations to solve business problems or share common interests. Business leaders are investing in enterprise social networks because they recognize the potential gains in employee productivity and want to leverage communities to support transformations in the organization, and improve efficiency through the sharing of best practices within and between countries or entities…

Keywords: Innovation Management; Creativity Management; Communities of Innovation; Resilience and Creativity; Business Creativity; Business Innovation; Managerial Innovation; Collaborative Innovation; Open Innovation; Crisis Management; Communities of Practice; Communities of Knowledge; Collective Modes of Learning; Collective Innovation; Middleground (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 O32 O33 O36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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