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Etienne Wenger is an independent researcher, consultant, author, and speaker. He has published seminal books on learning and communities of practice. His work has influenced both theory and practice in many fields, including education, business, government, and the non-profit sector.

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Etienne Wenger is a thought leader and consultant in the field of learning systems. He is the author and co-author of seminal books on communities of practice, 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, addressed to practitioners in organizations who want to base their knowledge strategy on communities of practice.