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“Organizations Are A Creation Of Conversations.”
“Organizations Are A Creation Of Conversations.”
Short personal reflections, thoughts, and ideas
Barry Overeem
Jan 22
Liberating Structures: Heaven Or Hell For Introverts?
Liberating Structures: Heaven Or Hell For Introverts?
Short personal thoughts, reflections, and ideas
Barry Overeem
Jan 5
Why Scrum & Liberating Structures Are Perfect For Students!
Why Scrum & Liberating Structures Are Perfect For Students!
Short personal thoughts, ideas, and reflections
Barry Overeem
Oct 27, 2024
Tiny Demons
Tiny Demons
Surface and work with your fears, doubts, and worries through playful drawings and conversations
Barry Overeem
Oct 23, 2024
Combining LEGO With Liberating Structures?
Combining LEGO With Liberating Structures?
Short personal thoughts, reflections, and ideas
Barry Overeem
Oct 18, 2024
Identify How To Make Better Use Of Scrum With “TRIZ”
Identify How To Make Better Use Of Scrum With “TRIZ”
A simple yet powerful retrospective format based on the Liberating Structure “TRIZ.”
Barry Overeem
Oct 13, 2024
Design Your Liberating Structures Session With Purpose-To-Practice
Design Your Liberating Structures Session With Purpose-To-Practice
Use the five elements of Purpose-to-Practice to design your meeting, workshop, or gathering with Liberating Structures.
Barry Overeem
Oct 6, 2024
User Experience Fishbowl at the LEGO Group in Copenhagen
User Experience Fishbowl at the LEGO Group in Copenhagen
Short personal thoughts, reflections, and ideas
Barry Overeem
Oct 2, 2024
Use Gallery Walk To Make Presentations Interactive & Engaging For Everyone
Use Gallery Walk To Make Presentations Interactive & Engaging For Everyone
A real-life example of how we used Gallery Walk during a Scrum.org trainer gathering
Barry Overeem
Sep 29, 2024
Back2Back ~ Face2Face
Back2Back ~ Face2Face
A super energetic trust-building exercise!
Barry Overeem
Aug 25, 2024
The Agreement~Certainty Matrix
The Agreement~Certainty Matrix
Short personal thoughts, reflections, and ideas
Barry Overeem
Jul 28, 2024
Level-Up Your Retrospective With Strategy Knotworking
Level-Up Your Retrospective With Strategy Knotworking
An alternative for yet another “start-stop-change” Retrospective
Barry Overeem
Jul 14, 2024
Liberating Structures: Old Wine In New Bottles?
Liberating Structures: Old Wine In New Bottles?
How many Liberating Structures came to birth by closely collaborating with and drawing inspiration from others
Barry Overeem
May 12, 2024
10+ Ideas To Use Ecocycle Planning
10+ Ideas To Use Ecocycle Planning
Practical examples of using Ecocycle Planning to identify obstacles and opportunities for progress in a non-linear way
Barry Overeem
Apr 14, 2024
Enough! Let’s Move On!
Enough! Let’s Move On!
How Liberating Structures made the use of Elmo redundant
Barry Overeem
Apr 10, 2024
Panarchy — A Real Life Example
Panarchy — A Real Life Example
How we used the Liberating Structure “Panarchy” at the Ministry of Defense in the Netherlands
Barry Overeem
Mar 31, 2024
Facilitate Liberating Structures Together!
Facilitate Liberating Structures Together!
Make your life as a facilitator more fun, more relaxing, and more effective
Barry Overeem
Mar 1, 2024
Tips To Design Your Own Session With Liberating Structures
Tips To Design Your Own Session With Liberating Structures
Practical advice on how to facilitate your first session with Liberating Structures, after you’ve learned the basics
Barry Overeem
Nov 6, 2023
Strategy Knotworking For Education
Strategy Knotworking For Education
How we used Strategy Knotworking to explore how the world of education should evolve, as the world itself evolves
Barry Overeem
Oct 22, 2023
The Conversation Cafe Carousel
The Conversation Cafe Carousel
A community-driven initiative to explore a wide variety of topics and to share thoughts, challenges, and ideas for action
Barry Overeem
Aug 23, 2023
Strategies To Navigate Resistance Against Liberating Structures
Strategies To Navigate Resistance Against Liberating Structures
How Critical Uncertainties prepares you to successfully introduce Liberating Structures in groups
Barry Overeem
Aug 6, 2023
Plan Your Sprint With Purpose-To-Practice
Plan Your Sprint With Purpose-To-Practice
Use the Liberating Structure “Purpose-to-Practice” to create a plan for the Sprint, and revisit & update the P2P canvas during each Scrum…
Barry Overeem
Jul 23, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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