Communication · Executive Insight Brief · 399
Participation needs operating rules
Microstructures can widen contribution when leaders preserve their minimum specifications and remain accountable for purpose, power, expertise, and risk.
Premise
Liberating Structures change the operating rules that determine who speaks, with whom, in what sequence, and for how long. Instead of relying on presentations, open discussion, or leader-managed question-and-answer, the repertoire uses short participation architectures across individuals, pairs, small groups, and whole groups. Inclusion becomes something designed into the interaction rather than merely requested.
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What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Tool
In this series, Tool names the editorial family primarily used to act on, examine, measure or organize communication. It includes instruments, methods, practices, protocols, codes and institutional arrangements. Membership does not certify effectiveness, portability or safe use in every setting.
Editorial orientation · Category
Intervention Methods & Practices
Organizes actions intended to facilitate, plan, train, negotiate, coordinate or change a situation. It connects a practical purpose with a way of working, whose conditions and consequences must be examined.
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