Etienne Wenger

In business, Etienne Wenger’s work has revolutionized the field of knowledge management. His clients include Shell, Xerox, Proctor & Gamble, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, DaimlerChrysler and the US Federal Government.

In education, communities of practice take forms such as Critical Friends Groups, professional learning communities and peer-to-peer networks aimed at sharing best strategies, reducing isolation and enhancing classroom practice.

Join Etienne Wenger and learn how communities of practice can:

• Radically galvanize knowledge sharing, learning and change in Houston
• Drive strategy, generate new ideas, and solve problems in public education
• Help companies and schools recruit and retain talent
• Informally bind schools and communities together by shared expertise
  and passion for improving student success

ETIENNE WENGER is a globally recognized thought leader in the field of communities of practice, who was featured by Training Magazine in their "A New Breed of Visionaries" series. A pioneer of the "communities of practice" research, he is author and co-author of seminal articles and books on the topic, including Situated Learning, where the term was coined, Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity, where he lays out a theory of learning based on the concept, and Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge, addressed to practitioners in organizations. His work as researcher, author, and consultant has influenced both thinking and practice in a wide variety of fields, including business, education, government, and social theory.