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A video on communities of practice by Rio Tinto

Written by Martin R. Dugage

This video by Mark Bennett is really excellent to explain in simple terms how a community of practice works, how technology can make it global, and how it contributes to the global integration of a company

“… [through communities of practice] we come closer to being one Rio Tinto, all over the world.”

At the end of the video, the CEO Energy of RIO Tinto concludes that it’s about creating global interdependencies between employees.
What is really strange is that I keep on hearing about big corporate programs aiming at integrating operations on a global basis, and that very few of them actually consider communities and social networks as the core of the program. Why weaselwords are still considered effective is beyond me.

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