Bernhard Schieber

Liberating Structures

Knowledge

Liberating Structures changes the rules through which people contribute to shared work. Its curated microstructures and purposeful sequences can distribute participation. Choose them for a specific interaction problem, preserve their operating elements, and examine whether contributions influence decisions rather than judging success by meeting energy.

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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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