Communities of Practice Healthcheck

Communities of Practice Healthcheck

The Communities of Practice Healthcheck is a team-based assessment that helps leaders and members understand the strengths, and oppportunities for their community - across Purpose, Engagement, Collaboration, Leadership, and Impact. It goes beyond attendance metrics to reveal how connected people feel and whether the community is helping them learn, grow, and contribute.

Created by:

Paddy Dhanda

Paddy Dhanda

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Assessment Benefits

Designed from real-world experiences of leading dozens of Communities of Practice. The Healthcheck captures the patterns, pitfalls, and practices that make communities thrive.

  • Use real data to shape your strategy and design experiences that truly meet your community's needs.

  • Build psychological safety and shared ownership by giving everyone a voice in shaping the future.

  • Demonstrate how your community contributes to learning, collaboration, and culture in language leaders understand.

Sample Questions

Purpose and Identity

Our team has a clear understanding of the purpose of our community.

Purpose and Identity

Our team feels that the community's purpose aligns with our collective professional goals.

Engagement and Participation

Our team believes the community is inclusive and respects contributions from members with diverse perspectives.

Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration

Our team finds the knowledge shared in the community helpful for our daily work and professional growth.

Leadership and Support

Our team feels that leaders are open and transparent about decisions that affect the community.

Impact and Value

Our team sees the community regularly adapting its activities to meet our evolving needs.

Paddy Dhanda

Product Discovery Expert & Podcast Host

Helping Product Teams Create MVPs: Meaningful, Valuable People-Connections

Paddy Dhanda is the Product Discovery & Agile Practices Director at QA Ltd, the UK's largest tech training organisation.

Paddy helps product teams by focusing on the human skills that power great collaboration, alignment, and learning. He has led major Communities of Practice at IBM and Deutsche Bank, and served as Communities Director for IIBA UK. He's also the co-founder of The Visual Jam, a global visual thinking community of 4,000+ members.

He hosts the Superpowers School podcast, sharing practical tips to help product professionals improve facilitation, communication, and connection in a world where human skills matter more than ever.

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