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Liberating Structures Day 2 Slides
The document outlines a workshop on 'Liberating Structures' with various interactive sessions designed to enhance strategic thinking and improve meeting productivity. It includes activities such as the Mad Tea Party for sharing insights, storytelling in learning pods, and developing wicked questions to tackle paradoxical challenges. Participants engage in exercises that promote collaboration, creativity, and defining clear purposes for group initiatives.
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- 2. MAD TEA PARTY Awild romp through strategy making
- 3. STEPS + TIMING: 1. Formtwo 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 mein my work is…
- 5. STEPS + TIMING: 1. Switchroles – stay curious & dig deep : 1 min 2. Inner circle take a step to the right 3. Respond to the next question
- 6. I know ameeting is going off the rails when…
- 7. Being in a dysfunctionalmeeting makes me feel…
- 8. To keep meetings productive,one thing I do is…
- 9. … makes ithard to turn a dysfunctional meeting around
- 10. … is someonethat seems to effortlessly facilitate productive meetings.
- 11. What I hopecan happen for us in our meetings is…
- 12. Something I willstart doing to turn up the heat is…
- 13. Something we should stopdoing is…
- 14. A question thatis emerging for me is…
- 15. I like MadHatter’s Tea Party because…
- 16. OPEN SPACE Spread goodideas and make informal connections with innovators
- 17. What are youdeeply 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 Spreadgood ideas and make informal connections with innovators
- 19. STEPS + TIMING: Inviteindividuals 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 tocut 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 Stringtogether LS based on your purpose at hand
- 23. STEPS + TIMING: 1. Usethe 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
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- 25. WICKED QUESTIONS Articulate theparadoxical challenges a group must confront to succeed
- 26. “How wonderful thatwe 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: Inpairs, 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: Composeyour Wicked Question :: 2 mins How is it that I/we [first truth] … while [second truth]?
- 30. STEPS + TIMING: Shareyour Wicked Questions in quartets :: 4 mins Can you amplify one another’s paradoxical truths?
- 31. Examples of Wicked Question: Howcan we raise children to be fiercely loyal to the family and independent, creative beings?
- 32. Examples of Wicked Question: Howis 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: Howis it that we can work together collegially and respectfully and still encourage healthy critical debate and individual practice?
- 34. Examples of Wicked Question: Howmight we exceed client expectations while also increasing our margins?
- 35. PURPOSE-TO-PRACTICE Include everyone indefining 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 Keyquestion(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 Couldyou 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 SocialNetwork Webbing Using sticky notes, identify the people that need to be included (by name or by role)
- 41. Structure What resources arenecessary 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-stepelements for bringing projects and meetings to productive endpoints
- 44. STEPS + TIMING: Forthe 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 Whythis 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
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- 47. 25/10 Rapidly generate andsift a group’s most powerful actionable ideas
- 48. If you were10x bolder, what would you do to productively turn up the heat in your meetings? What is your first step or move?
- 49. STEPS + TIMING: Writeyour response to the prompt on an index card : 2 mins NO names Write legibly
- 50. STEPS + TIMINGREVIEWED 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-upwith 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 makinginvitations for upcoming meetings or existing challenges using at least 3 different LS
- 53. STEPS + TIMING: Selectthe 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: Composeinviting 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 everydayLS 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 Stringtogether LS based on your purpose at hand
- 57. STEPS + TIMING: 1. Usethe 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 constructiveand critical feedback
- 59. STEPS + TIMING: Completethe following sentences on an index card : 3 mins
- 60. I liked… aboutthe workshop.
- 61. I wish… aboutthe workshop.
- 62.
- 63. SOCIAL NETWORK WEBBING Map informalconnections and decide how to strengthen the network to achieve a purpose
- 64. A SMART NETWORK TightCore ~ 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 ZacCohn Wonful.co Liberatingstructures.com