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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox.
Now we have some hope of making progress.
– Niels Bohr
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LIBERATING STRUCTURES
• Co-developed by Keith McCandless+ Henri Lipmanowicz
• www.LIBERATINGSTRUCTURES.com
• Inspired by complexity science
• 33+ ways of enhancing relational coordination toward productive ends
Liberating Structures is licensed by Keith McCandless + Henri Lipmanowicz | www.liberatingstructures.com
Invitation: What could you do to ensure life was “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish + short”?
1. ALONE : Write down everything you could do (strategies, behaviors) to reliably guarantee that life would turn out according to Hobbes’ description – individual behaviors on post-its
(2 minutes)
2. PAIRS :: Share your list of behaviors with one other person – what more could you do?
(2 minutes)
3. QUARTETS ::: Be seriously playful – how else might you ensure the worst-possible life?
(4 minutes)
4. EVERYONE :::: Place post-its on wall at front of room and start noticing patterns together – affinity group like behaviors + actions
(4 minutes)
Liberating Structures is licensed by Keith McCandless + Henri Lipmanowicz | www.liberatingstructures.com
Failure Analysis: Does your current reality resemble anything on this list?
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• Be brutally honest
• It takes courage to ruthlessly confront your habits
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Creative Destruction: Choose one behavior you are going to stop and identify a first-step
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• What must you STOP doing to make progress on your deepest purpose?
• Do you have any ideas about what you need to stop? Be as specific as possible
• Who can catch you while falling?
Make space for new behaviors by letting go of things that limit your success
Must NOT engineer any new behaviors
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TRIZ: Is a Russian acronym for the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving or TeoriyaResheniya Izobreatatelskikh Zadatch
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Microstructural Design
Elements
Distribution of Participation
Configuration of Groups
InvitationArrangement
of Space
Sequence of Time
LIBERATING STRUCTURES
• Co-developed by Keith McCandless+ Henri Lipmanowicz
• www.LIBERATINGSTRUCTURES.com
• Seattle User Group (ask me)
• Fisher Qua ([email protected])
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