Knowledge networks are "collections of individuals and teams who come together across organizational, spatial and disciplinary boundaries to invent and share a body of knowledge."[^1] A [[community of practice]] is knowledge network. Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev.org) is a virtual knowledge network. (The term knowledge network is also sometimes used to describe a [[knowledge graph]] or [[semantic network]].) See also - N. Christakis and J. Fowler, “Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives” (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009); and J.D. Johnson, “Managing Knowledge Networks” (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2009). - A. Pentland, “The New Science of Building Great Teams,” Harvard Business Review 90, no. 4 (April 2012): 60-70. [^1]: Pugh and Prusak. (2013). [[pugh2013|Designing Effective Knowledge Networks]]. MITSloan Management Review. Fall 2013 Vol.55 No.1.