Team Cognitive Health playbook/Module 7 · Learning & growth

Day 64 / 100 · Learning & growth · Communities of practice

Learn across teams, not just within them.

Etienne Wenger described communities of practice: people who share a craft and get better at it together. They cut across team lines.

Domain

A Shared Craft

  • .NET, testing, data, UX
  • Clear enough to rally around
  • Not a department

Community

People Who Show Up

  • Voluntary membership
  • Mixed seniority
  • A named, rotating host

Practice

Shared Ways Of Working

  • Patterns, standards, tools
  • Show-and-tells, katas
  • Lessons written down

Source: Wenger-Trayner ↗

Learn across teams, not just within them.