Quick Reference Guide: Liberating Structure (LS) Methods, Field Stories and Tables/Figures   iv

A.  LS Methods...................................................................................................... iv

B.   Field Stories...................................................................................................... vi

C.  Tables/Figures........................................................... vii

Foreword.......................................................................................................................... ix

1.   Preface.......................................................................................................................... 1

A.  How To Use Liberating Structures.................................................................. 1

B.   Enabling Constraints: Paradoxical-Yet-Complementary Pairs...................... 2

C.  Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch...................................................................... 3

D.  Liberating Organizations of All Stripes........................................................... 4

E.   Everything Is Different, Nothing Has Changed............................................. 5

2.   Introduction................................................................................................................. 7

A.  A Hunch then Surprise, Surprise, Surprise..................................................... 9

B.   The Transformation Will Not Be Televised................................................... 12

C.  Restoring Hope, Joy and Trust....................................................................... 15

D.  The Future Is Here (but very poorly distributed!)......................................... 15

3.   Nine Principles In Action........................................................................................ 17

A.  Arising from Seven Years of Field Experience ................................................ 17

B.   Implicit Beliefs to Explicit Action................................................................... 17

4.   Field Guide for Including and Unleashing.......................................................... 21

A.  Navigating the Field Guide............................................................................ 21

B.   LS Iconography 2.1......................................................................................... 22

C.  Getting Started with 1-2-4-All....................................................................... 24

D.  Menu of 33 Liberating Structures.................................................................. 30

E.   Powerful Questions Frequently Asked.......................................................... 97

i.    Heuristics of Liberating Questions........................................................... 97

ii.   Wicked Questions with Distributed Answers......................................... 98

iii.  Complicated Versus Complex Questions................................................ 99

F.   LS Matching Matrix...................................................................................... 101

i.    Everyday, Local Discovery Strategies................................................... 102

ii.   Noticing Patterns Together.................................................................... 102

iii.  Drawing Out Prototypes........................................................................ 102

iv.  Unleashing Local Action........................................................................ 102

v.   Spreading Innovation (Scaling Out and Up)........................................ 102

5.   Composing with Space, Time, and Knowledge Intertwingularities..................... 104

6.   Practitioner Stories from the Field....................................................................... 109

A.  In Charge But Not In Control...................................................................... 109

B.   Field Stories from Business, Education, Research, Healthcare, Government, & NGOs 111

7.   Immersion Workshop FAQs................................................................................. 113

8.   Inspiration from Complexity Science.................................................................. 122

9.   Changing Habits, Patterns and Culture with Liberating Structures............... 125

10. Acknowledgements, Attributions and Learning Resources............................ 132

11. Index.................................................................................................................. 139

12. Afterword: How Can Liberation Be So Simple?................................................ 140

About the Authors.................................................................................................. 142