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How Poor Facilitation Of The Scrum Events Can Cause Zombie Scrum
How Poor Facilitation Of The Scrum Events Can Cause Zombie Scrum
And how to create more engaging, impactful, and meaningful Scrum events with Liberating Structures
Barry Overeem
May 21
Lightweight Facilitation of Liberating Structures
Lightweight Facilitation of Liberating Structures
Why lightweight facilitation of Liberating Structures matters, and what it looks like in practice
Barry Overeem
May 7
Develop And Evolve Sustainable Strategies With Strategy Knotworking
Develop And Evolve Sustainable Strategies With Strategy Knotworking
Ideas, inspiration, and examples to use Strategy Knotworking with Liberating Structures
Barry Overeem
Apr 23
My Experience With The Liberating Structure “Drawing Together”
My Experience With The Liberating Structure “Drawing Together”
10 practical recommendations, lessons learned, and potential strings to make the most out of Drawing Together
Barry Overeem
Apr 16
Use “What, So What, Now What” During The Sprint Retrospective
Use “What, So What, Now What” During The Sprint Retrospective
A simple format for the Sprint Retrospective to create a shared understanding with one of the foundational Liberating Structures
Barry Overeem
Apr 2
Learn How To Effectively Share Essential Needs With Management
Learn How To Effectively Share Essential Needs With Management
A do-it-yourself workshop to have Scrum teams clearly express what they need from management, stakeholders, and the supporting organization…
Barry Overeem
Feb 27
How To Use Liberating Structures In A Classic Meeting Room?
How To Use Liberating Structures In A Classic Meeting Room?
A short story on how to use Liberating Structures “in the real world”
Barry Overeem
Feb 13
Unleash Your Organizations Potential To Use Liberating Structures With Panarchy
Unleash Your Organizations Potential To Use Liberating Structures With Panarchy
Use Panarchy to analyze the whole (organizational) system and to find opportunities to widely spread Liberating Structures
Barry Overeem
Jan 30
Yeah! I’ve Discovered Liberating Structures, Now What?
Yeah! I’ve Discovered Liberating Structures, Now What?
Ten ideas, practices, and strategies to use Liberating Structures frequently, effectively, and creatively
Barry Overeem
Dec 19, 2022
Reflect Your Usage Of Liberating Structures With Ecocycle Planning
Reflect Your Usage Of Liberating Structures With Ecocycle Planning
Use Ecocycle Planning to make visible how you use Liberating Structures, and decide what to start, stop, or change
Barry Overeem
Dec 5, 2022
Spark Self-Organization In Groups With Open Space Technology
Spark Self-Organization In Groups With Open Space Technology
Liberating Structures are a collection of interaction patterns that allow you to unleash and involve everyone in a group
Barry Overeem
Sep 18, 2022
Inspect And Improve The Performance Of A Team With “Generative Relationships STAR”
Inspect And Improve The Performance Of A Team With “Generative Relationships STAR”
Liberating Structures are a collection of interaction patterns that allow you to unleash and involve everyone in a group — from extroverted…
Barry Overeem
Aug 14, 2022
The 5 Design Elements Of Liberating Structures
The 5 Design Elements Of Liberating Structures
Arrange space, configure groups, make an invitation, distribute participation, allocate time & steps, and you’re ready for lift-off!
Barry Overeem
Jul 10, 2022
My Experience With Using Liberating Structures, Online
My Experience With Using Liberating Structures, Online
What makes a Liberating Structure more suitable for online usage or in-person? What’s the difference?
Barry Overeem
Apr 17, 2022
What Are Liberating Structures? Perspectives From Participants
What Are Liberating Structures? Perspectives From Participants
Reflections from participants on their experience of Liberating Structures
Christiaan Verwijs
Mar 7, 2022
Liberating Structures Should Be Everywhere People Interact
Liberating Structures Should Be Everywhere People Interact
On the psychological power of Liberating Structures
Christiaan Verwijs
Feb 14, 2022
20+ Tiny Tweaks That Help You Use Liberating Structures More Effectively
20+ Tiny Tweaks That Help You Use Liberating Structures More Effectively
An overview with personal insights I gained from using Liberating Structures, in particular during our public Immersion Workshops
Barry Overeem
Jan 24, 2022
How Scrum Teams Can Benefit From The Principles Of Liberating Structures
How Scrum Teams Can Benefit From The Principles Of Liberating Structures
Familiarize yourself with the principles of Liberating Structures and learn how they can strengthen your Scrum team
Barry Overeem
Dec 13, 2021
How To Design & Prepare Your Own Liberating Structures Immersion Workshop?
How To Design & Prepare Your Own Liberating Structures Immersion Workshop?
Things we’ve learned from attending, preparing, and facilitating Liberating Structures Immersion Workshops
Barry Overeem
Oct 3, 2021
Define Step-by-Step Elements for Bringing Meetings to Productive Endpoints with “Design…
Define Step-by-Step Elements for Bringing Meetings to Productive Endpoints with “Design…
Liberating Structures are a collection of interaction patterns that allow you to unleash and involve everyone in a group — from extroverted…
Christiaan Verwijs
May 23, 2021
Map Informal Connections and Strengthen the Network With Social Network Webbing
Map Informal Connections and Strengthen the Network With Social Network Webbing
Liberating Structures are a collection of interaction patterns that allow you to unleash and involve everyone in a group — from extroverted…
Christiaan Verwijs
Apr 18, 2021
Sort Challenges Based on Their Complexity with “Agreement-Certainty Matrix”
Sort Challenges Based on Their Complexity with “Agreement-Certainty Matrix”
And avoid underestimating how complex things are
Christiaan Verwijs
Apr 4, 2021
Celebrity Interview
Celebrity Interview
Reconnect the Experience of Leaders and Experts with People Closest to the Challenge at Hand
Christiaan Verwijs
Jan 25, 2021
Tap the Wisdom of the Whole Group in Rapid Cycles With “Wise Crowds”
Tap the Wisdom of the Whole Group in Rapid Cycles With “Wise Crowds”
Or how to develop helping behaviors with large groups and generate more idea flow.
Christiaan Verwijs
Dec 14, 2020
Improving the Daily Scrum with Liberating Structures
Improving the Daily Scrum with Liberating Structures
10 examples of how to use Liberating Structures during and around the Daily Scrum
Barry Overeem
Nov 30, 2020
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