Liberating Structures Day 2 Slides

1. LIBERATING
STRUCTURES DAY II

2. MAD TEA PARTY
A wild romp through strategy making

3. STEPS + TIMING:
1. Form two circles with the inner facing out
2. Standing across from another person respond to
the open ended sentence that follows : 1 min

4. What first inspired
me in my work is…

5. STEPS + TIMING:
1. Switch roles – stay curious & dig deep : 1 min
2. Inner circle take a step to the right
3. Respond to the next question

6. I know a meeting is
going off the rails
when…

7. Being in a
dysfunctional meeting
makes me feel…

8. To keep meetings
productive, one thing
I do is…

9. … makes it hard to
turn a dysfunctional
meeting around

10. … is someone that
seems to effortlessly
facilitate productive
meetings.

11. What I hope can
happen for us in our
meetings is…

12. Something I will start
doing to turn up the
heat is…

13. Something we should
stop doing is…

14. A question that is
emerging for me is…

15. I like Mad Hatter’s
Tea Party because…

16. OPEN SPACE
Spread good ideas and make informal
connections with innovators

17. What are you deeply curious about
when it comes to LS?
What questions do you have?
What remains uncertain for you when
it comes to LS?

18. SHIFT & SHARE
Spread good ideas and make informal
connections with innovators

19. STEPS + TIMING:
Invite individuals to share short stories
Bring artifacts to show what happened
Divide the group into evenly sized learning
pods
Learning pods go to a station :: 9 minutes
Rotate.

20. HINTS:
Storytellers need to cut to the chase!
~7 mins for stories + 2 mins for questions
Storytellers get multiple opportunities to refine
or reinvent their story

21. A) Keith – Virtual LS Applications
B) Mark – Ecocycle with teams
C) Jeanne – Ecocycle with individuals
D) Molly – Social Network Mapping
E) Zac – Critical Uncertainties in govt
F) Louise – A first time storyboard

22. LS DESIGN CHALLENGE
String together LS based on your purpose at
hand

23. STEPS + TIMING:
1. Use the LS Selection Match-Maker with one
or two partners : 10 mins
2. Create Strings or a Design Storyboard with
help from colleagues : 15 mins
3. Caravan Walk to visit other groups and ask
questions : 10 mins

24. FLUID ADJUSTMENT
BREAK
10 MIN

25. WICKED QUESTIONS
Articulate the paradoxical challenges a group
must confront to succeed

26. “How wonderful that we have
met with a paradox. Now we
have some hope of making
progress”. –
Niels Bohr

27. STEPS + TIMING:
Alone, generate a list of truths about your
meetings : 2 mins

28. STEPS + TIMING:
In pairs, look over combined lists. Which truths
are complementary yet impossibly opposed to
one another? :: 4 mins
Precise ~ Ambiguous
Autonomous ~ Integrated
Loyalty ~ Independence

29. STEPS + TIMING:
Compose your Wicked Question :: 2 mins
How is it that I/we [first truth] …
while [second truth]?

30. STEPS + TIMING:
Share your Wicked Questions in quartets :: 4
mins
Can you amplify one another’s paradoxical
truths?

31. Examples of Wicked
Question:
How can we raise children to be
fiercely loyal to the family and
independent, creative beings?

32. Examples of Wicked
Question:
How is it that we must focus precisely
on the challenge at hand while asking
ambiguous questions that evoke
multiple answers and perspectives?

33. Examples of Wicked
Question:
How is it that we can work together
collegially and respectfully and still
encourage healthy critical debate and
individual practice?

34. Examples of Wicked
Question:
How might we exceed client
expectations while also increasing our
margins?

35. PURPOSE-TO-PRACTICE
Include everyone in defining the 5 critical
elements of any initiative

36. STEPS + TIMING:
Alone, complete a P2P worksheet for an
upcoming meeting/gathering/project : 15 mins
Form trios, and conduct a TROIKA consultation
around each person’s P2P : 15 mins

38. Purpose
Define using 1-2-4-All
Key question(s):
Why is [this] important to YOU and our wider
community of clients/customers
How would you know if you were achieving
your purpose?

39. Principles
Define using 1-2-4-All
Could you know whether you’ve violated it?
Test principles against the Purpose. If you violated
it, could you still achieve your purpose? If yes –
NOT a good principle

40. Participants
Identify using Social Network Webbing
Using sticky notes, identify the people that need to
be included (by name or by role)

41. Structure
What resources are necessary for us to achieve our
purpose?
What roles should we establish?
How will we make progress visible?
Define the 5 microstructural elements (time, space,
participation, groups, invitations)

42. Practices/Products
Define with 1-2-4-All, 25/10, etc.
What are our boldest ideas for delivering the
promise of our purpose?

43. DESIGN STORYBOARDS
Define step-by-step elements for bringing
projects and meetings to productive
endpoints

44. STEPS + TIMING:
For the project you just defined using Purpose-
to-Practice, develop a Storyboard : 10 mins
Form trios, and conduct a TROIKA consultation
around each person’s Storyboard: 15 mins

45. Agenda
Item
Goal LS Micro-
Structure
Why this LS? Steps /
Timing
Facilitator /
Participants
Welcome Form
working
group, get
acquainted Impromptu
Networking
Demonstrates
respect for each
person & discipline
included
3 rounds in
pairs, 5 minutes
each
Carlos, all
Preparing to
Launch
Project
Make space
for
innovation
TRIZ, 1-2-4-All
Some of our
successful practices
have become overly
mature (rigid) over
time
3 steps, 10
minutes each
Jenny, groups
of 4 then whole
group
Attracting
Broad
Participation
Define and
sharpen
purpose
Nine Whys
We want to attract
broad participation,
innovating in many
settings without
formal controls
One rounds of
1-2-4, 30
minutes total
Katie, then
groups of four
Action
Planning
Identify
action, get
started now 25-to-10
Crowdsourcing
We have a do-er
culture that benefits
from self-discovery
in a group
25 minutes for 5
rounds + action
group formation
Carlos, all

46. LUNCH
30 MINUTES

47. 25/10
Rapidly generate and sift a group’s most
powerful actionable ideas

48. If you were 10x bolder, what would
you do to productively turn up the
heat in your meetings?
What is your first step or move?

49. STEPS + TIMING:
Write your response to the prompt on an index
card : 2 mins
NO names
Write legibly

50. STEPS + TIMING REVIEWED
1. Write your response to a prompt on an index card
2. Start passing cards while milling
3. Stop, read, and put 1-5 rating on back (1=Meh,
5=Wow! And I want to be a part of it)
4. Repeat at least 5 times.
5. Total scores and prioritize

51. STRINGS + VARIATIONS:
Follow-up with P2P sub-group work on top 5 ideas
Use to generate bold questions for a leader prior to
Celebrity Interview
Invite bold ideas for STOPPING activities/products

52. LS JAMBOREE
Practice making invitations for upcoming
meetings or existing challenges using at
least 3 different LS

53. STEPS + TIMING:
Select the LS you want to practice : 1 min
Good options might include:
Impromptu
Networking
1-2-4-All
Appreciative
Interviews
TRIZ
25/10

54. STEPS + TIMING:
Compose inviting questions for at least 3 of the
LS you chose :: 6 mins
Form trios, and hold Troika consultations
around everyone’s invitations :: 15 mins

55. Practicing with everyday LS
Customize your meeting challenge
TRIZ - Specify the worse result of your work
together
Appreciative Interview - Flip a chronic problem
into a search for success
25/10 Crowdsourcing - Focusing attention on
bold purposeful action
1-2-4-All - Framing a territory to explore together

56. LS DESIGN
CHALLENGE REDUX
String together LS based on your purpose at
hand

57. STEPS + TIMING:
1. Use the LS Selection Match-Maker with one
or two partners : 10 mins
2. Create Strings or a Design Storyboard with
help from colleagues : 15 mins
3. Caravan Walk to visit other groups and ask
questions : 10 mins

58. RETROSPECTIVE
Rapidly gather constructive and critical
feedback

59. STEPS + TIMING:
Complete the following sentences on an index
card : 3 mins

60. I liked… about the
workshop.

61. I wish… about the
workshop.

62. What if…

63. SOCIAL NETWORK
WEBBING
Map informal connections and decide how to
strengthen the network to achieve a purpose

64. A SMART NETWORK
Tight Core ~ Loose Periphery
Core
–
Dense
internal
connec-ons
Periphery
–
Loosely
connected
exterior
Smart
Network
Defined:
The
environment
in
which
innova;on
and
collabora;on
are
most
likely
to
occur.

65. STEPS + TIMING:
Think
about
the
ac;vi;es
you
are
involved
in
now
that
relate
to
an
innova;on
or
well-­‐defined
project.
Go
to
the
primary
person
you
have
collaborated
with
prior
to
this
workshop.
From
whom
did
you
get
new
ideas
and
inspira-on
during
the
workshops?
Who
would
you
like
to
get
involved
in
taking
next
steps
with
LS?
Perhaps
someone
you
met
here.
Who
would
you
like
to
thank
before
you
leave?

66. LIBERATING
STRUCTURES
Keith McCandless
Fisher Qua
Zac Cohn
Wonful.co
Liberatingstructures.com