The document outlines an interactive meetup format that involves pairing participants to discuss their challenges, contributions, and expectations. It introduces liberating structures methods and details a specific approach called ecocycle planning, which involves collaborative exercises over several rounds. Additionally, it provides contact information for the organizer and resources for further engagement in related communities.

2. #1
• Team up in pairs.
• One is talking; the other one is listening.
• Swap roles when you hear the gong.
• Share your take on the question:
“What challenges do you bring to this meetup, what can you give to your
peers, and what do you hope to take away in return?”
• Choose another partner when you hear “move on.”
• Number of rounds: 3.
• ⏰ 4 minutes/round.

3. #2
Who feels knowledgeable in
Liberating Structures?

4. #3
So far, we have explored eleven Liberating Structures microstructures:
• Impromptu Networking
• 1-2-4-All
• 15% Solution
• Shift & Share
• TRIZ
• W3
• 25/10 Crowd Sourcing
• Min Specs
• Ecocycle Planning
• Troika Consulting / Wise Crowds
• Discovery and Action Dialog (DAD)
• User Experience Fishbowl
• Celebrity Interview
Liberating Structures: Co-developed by Keith McCandless + Henri Lipmanowicz (www.liberatingstructures.com) Creative Commons License

5. #4a
The Ecocyle Planning
Liberating Structures: Ecocycle Planning Co-developed by Keith McCandless + Henri Lipmanowicz (www.liberatingstructures.com) Creative Commons License

6. #4b
The Ecocyle Planning (2)
An an individual:
Create a list of activities, practices, tools, relationships, and training that helped
shape your professional standing today.
Use the worksheet for this purpose.
⏰ 10 minutes

7. #4c
The Ecocyle Planning (3)
Now, form pairs:
Collaboratively, decide on the placement of each of your issues on the Ecocycle
worksheet.
⏰ 10 minutes

8. #4d
The Ecocyle Planning (4)
Next, team up with another pair:
Again, collaboratively, decide on the placement of each of your issues on the
Ecocycle worksheet. Eliminate redundancies.
⏰ 10 minutes

9. #4e
The Ecocyle Planning (5)
As a group of four:
Transfer your remaining issues onto stickies and place all of them on the large
Ecocycle symbol.
Cluster w/ other stickies of the same nature/topic while doing so.
⏰ 15 minutes

10. #4f
The Ecocyle Planning (6)
Step back to digest the patterns and ask yourself:
What activities do we need to creatively destroy (#1) or stop to move forward (#2)?
What activities do we need to expand (#3) or start to move forward (#4)?
(In other words: is the pattern “right?”)
⏰ 15 minutes

11. #4g
The Ecocyle Planning (7)
In small groups:
Create for all activities in the Rigidity Trap first action steps.
Create for all activities in the Poverty Trap first action steps.
Discuss all activities where there is no consensus and create first action steps—if
possible.
⏰ 10 minutes

12. #4h
The Ecocyle Planning (8)
All:
Let’s use Shift & Share and present every group’s findings.
⏰ 15 minutes

13. #5

14. #6

15. #7

16. Contact Information
Stefan Wolpers
Email: stefan@age-of-product.com
Blog: Age-of-Product.com
Company: Berlin Product People GmbH
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