William M. Snyder

William M. Snyder writes and consults to help leaders organize action-learning networks that serve the common good.  He has consulted for 25 years on large-scale change efforts in the private, public, and non-profit sectors with organizations such as AT&T, Colgate-Palmolive, Daimler-Chrysler, McKinsey & Company, the Veterans Administration, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Annie E.

Communities of Practice: A New Tool for Government Managers

This study documents the creation and implementation of several intergovernmental "communities of practice." It traces the history of these networks and documents their structure, activities and outcomes as well as identifies a number of critical success factors related to these groups. Case studies include: SafeCities, Boost4Kids and 21st Century Skills. fhwaCollaboration: Networks and Partnerships

 
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William M. Snyder writes and consults to help leaders organize action-learning networks that serve the common good.  He has consulted for 25 years on large-scale change efforts in the private, public, and non-profit sectors with organizations such as AT&T, Colgate-Palmolive, Daimler-Chrysler, McKinsey & Company, the Veterans Administration, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the National Cancer Institute.  Bill is a global thought-leader on the topic of “communities of practice” – groups that facilitate learning, innovation, and collaborative action among practitioners with a shared passion. 

His research and consulting work focuses on civic communities of practice at local, national, and global levels.  Examples include:

  • A constellation of multi-stakeholder, economic-development communities in Chicago—focused on industry sectors such as biotech and telecommunications
  • Several multi-city communities of practice working on issues such as healthy families and reducing gun violence, sponsored by Vice President Gore’s Office of Reinventing Government
  • A community for leaders of global, multi-stakeholder networks working on topics such as microcredit, transparency, and sustainable forests.