I just wanted to let everyone know that after 40 years I am finally retiring from USAID. I’ve had a lot of fun here, including working with Stacey Young and others on KM and organizational learning.
For much of my time, I have felt I have had a shadow team, a band of KM leaders, willing to give their time and their ideas for each other. There is no way I could have been as effective without KM4DEV having my back. I wanted to thank you all soooo much for being such an entertaining and effective community. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve told AID staff to join KM4DEV, and to post a question. I’ve always been impressed and frankly proud of the quickness and quality of responses to questions, and the depth of discussion, often within an hour or so of a post. In fact, you all have been one of my primary sources for insights on KM communities (along with Shell and the US Army, just to give them their due also!). And I have to say that USAID now has a really deep and meaningful COP ecosystem. It’s taken a long time, and thanks to KM4DEV for being there as a powerful role model.
I’m not going away; I still plan to follow KM4DEV once I unwind a bit, and probably will weigh in as a “retiree”, and hope my colleagues at USAID will continue to learn from all of you!