You've sat in enough bad meetings to last a lifetime.
The ones where the loudest voice wins. Where the agenda never gets finished. Where the same three people talk and everyone else checks their phones. Where you walk out with a list of action items that nobody follows through on.
If you lead a team, facilitate groups, or consult with organizations, you already know the problem. What you may not have is a practical, proven set of tools to fix it — permanently.
The very best way to learn Liberating Structures is to experience it. In much the same way you can immerse yourself in a language, you will be immersed in two (full) days of Liberating Structures: we'll overview a structure, give you the opportunity to experience the structure personally, and then debrief the experience and discuss what you learned (and what questions you still have).
That's what this immersion is for.
WHAT IS LIBERATING STRUCTURES:
Liberating Structures is a collection of 43 facilitation methods developed to replace the five conventional structures that dominate most organizations: presentations, managed discussions, status reports, brainstorming, and open-ended conversation.
They work in meetings, strategic planning sessions, team offsites, design sprints, and one-on-ones. They're simple enough to learn in minutes and powerful enough to transform a room.
Used by organizations from startups to the Fortune 500, LS is one of the most practical and field-tested facilitation approaches available — and still largely unknown in non-profits and small- and mid-size business world.
WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH:
After two days, you'll have:
Hands-on experience with 20-25 powerful LS structures — not just conceptual understanding, but muscle memory from using them
A practical playbook for which structures to use in which situations — planning sessions, team conflicts, innovation challenges, accountability conversations
Confidence to facilitate groups of any size, at any level, without relying on a rigid