What is a community of practice? - wenger-trayner

“communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do, and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.”
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People participate in communities for a variety of reasons—to sing, to lose weight, to read stories that speak to them. But regardless of what drives people to show up for the first time, the relationships they form are what will bring them back.