Sunday, February 15, 2015

Liberating Structures

Greg Myers
Feb 11 11:30

Here is the site menu for the various liberating structures:
http://www.liberatingstructures.com/ls-menu/
There is quite a lot of info on the site, and there is also a book!  The book goes into more info on the principles behind LS, and has lots of stories and suggestions of using LS.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Surprising-Power-Liberating-Structures/dp/0615975305


We practiced the following Liberating Structures:
Informal Networking
1-2-4 All
Triz
User Experience Fishbowl

Some tips that came out during the session:
The invitation is key - spend time thinking about how to set the stage for the LS.  Make a clear ask of the group, with enough instruction to make 80% of the folks comfortable.  IT will become clearer as people do it.

Informal Networking
One minute may seem like a long time to tell your story, but it is not!

1-2-4 All
Introverts often need time to come up with ideas.  This is the "1" part of 1-2-4 All.  A suggestion was made that no time limits be put on the exercise.

One of the reasons for keeping the group discussion part of 1-2-4 All to 8 minutes is that the energy often drops, or the discussion goes into something some one person feels strongly about.  May want to consider doing a second 1-2-4 All rather than an extended discussion.  A comment was made that a drop in energy in the room may be just they way introverts are, and may not meet that the group is not interested.  Ask?

Triz
Have a clear objective that the group can agree on.  We used, "Ensure introverts are able to provide input into group discussions."  Then flip that. The Triz prompt was "How can we ensure that introverts never speak up?"  Another way (we captured input using two scribes while the group shouted out ideas): use 1-2-4 All to generate ideas for each stage.

User Experience Fishbowl
Make sure the topic is one there is interest in, or even some anxiety or concern about.  After the inner group has talked for a while, encourage questions that will inform the subsequent inner group conversation, rather than answer the questions directly.  Celebrity Interview might be a good alternative if the group wants answers to specific concerns.


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