CHiLD CoP Playbook - Vision
Community of PracticeCoP Playbook ISION
Level One: Quick Guide to kickstart Your CoP
CoP SKILL Level: 
Shared Visions / End-Goals.
ACTIVITIES
Recommended Actions
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Defining Purpose
Starting point of any Community of Practice is the purpose or mission. This is often predefined by the sponsor, aligning with the organization's business goals.
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Co-creating Vision
Once the 'why' is set, the vision is co-created with the sponsor, a preliminary core group, and potential members.
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Developing Strategy
After vision formulation and alignment, work begins on the strategy to support delivering on the vision, including high-level objectives.
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Level Two: Add these DEI Strategies and Enhance with a Success Wheel Methodology
- By Kian Ping Chng
- April, 2025
CoP SKILL Level:
Strategies
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Strategies
COPS POST-COVID HYBRID / REMOTE
The post-COVID era has redefined the way we work, ushering in a new paradigm of hybrid and remote workplaces. This shift has also impacted CoPs, necessitating a fresh approach to collaboration and knowledge sharing .

CoP Visual Board 1: Vision
Your starting point should be the purpose or the mission of your community–why does your community exist? The community’s purpose often comes from the organisation’s leadership, corresponding to the organisation’s business goals. It is normally predefined by the sponsor alone or by the sponsor with a group of people. Once the sponsor sets the ‘why’, you will be co- creating the vision for the community with your sponsor, a preliminary core group and potential members. When the vision has been formulated and aligned, you will be working on the strategy in support of delivering on the vision. At this stage, you will be working on high-level objectives. how to design and communicate your purpose, vision, objectives and strategy
how to use appreciative inquiry to identify and design a vision for your community needs, challenges and opportunities;
how to pitch your community’s value proposition.
CoP Visual Board 1: Vision
Level Three: Align Your Business Functions and Experts Using the CoP Constellation Framework
- By Kian Ping Chng
- April, 2025
CoP SKILL Level:
Framework

Akin to the Great Dipper Constellation, which actually is an Asterism of stars creating a Ladle extending to to the handle which remains relatively consistence in formation as they shifted positions over time serving as a key navigational guide in the sky. The tip of the ladle Dubhe which is the brightest represent our CoP.
Akin to the Great Dipper Constellation, which actually is an Asterism of stars created a Ladle extending to to the handle which remains relatively consistence in formation as they shifted positions over time serving as a key navigational guide in the sky. The tip of the ladle Dubhe which is the brightest represent our CoP.
With clarity in direction, consistence alignment of business support and experts role, this framework attempt to create a self-supporting holistic ecosystem to ensure consistent results, self-renewal and sustenance, for any CoPs.
CoP Participating Level

Business Function
Healthcare Governance
Stewardship and Resources
[Shared Visions / End-Goals]
Share Pain-points/challenges and create vision together. Analyse needs, common shared and purposeful vision to bring stakeholders together. Clarity in purpose. Identify challenges creates sense of relevance.
EXPERT Persona
The Influencers & Funders
Senior Management, Mentors, SME & Innovation Grants
CoP Participating Level: Active
EXPERT Roles:
Usually belonging to the senior management arm of the organization exploring for worthy projects to steer, sponsor and fund. Example may includes Ministries, Agencies, Statutory Boards , GIC, private institutions or auxiliary partners such as ALPs, Synapxe, ITO, etc.
• Drive governance & commitment for the community
• Exploring for worthy innovation projects to support
• Exploring for worthy innovation projects to fund
CoP Influences:
• Top management, peers, partners and wider stakeholders across healthcare clusters
• Healthcare innovation community at large
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