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Home
About
History of LS
CC License
Frequently Asked Questions
Visit the Archived LS Site
Contact
Structures Overview
The Liberating Structures Menu
How LS Works: The Five Design Elements
The LS Principles
1-2-4-All
Impromptu Networking
9 Whys
Wicked Questions
Appreciative Interviews
Creative Destruction
15% Solutions
Troika Consulting
What, So What, Now What
Discovery-and-Action Dialogue
Shift & Share
25/10 Crowdsourcing
Wise Crowds
Min Specs
Improv Prototyping
Helping Heuristics
Conversation Cafe
User Experience Fishbowl
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Simple Ethnography
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Critical Uncertainties
Ecocycle Planning
Panarchy
Purpose-to-Practice
Mad Tea | Calm Tea
Spiral Journal
Folding Spectrogram
Positive Gossip
Principles Walk-Around
Network Relationship Patterns
Grief Walking
Future~Present
Talking with Pixies
Strategy Knotworking
How Tos
Try Your First Liberating Structure
Get Started: Design
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Creative Destruction
15% Solutions
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What, So What, Now What
Discovery-and-Action Dialogue
Shift & Share
25/10 Crowdsourcing
Wise Crowds
Min Specs
Improv Prototyping
Helping Heuristics
Conversation Cafe
User Experience Fishbowl
Heard, Seen, Respected
Drawing Together
Design Storyboards
Celebrity Interview
Social Network Webbing
What I Need From You
Options Place
Generative Relationships STAR
Agreement and Certainty
Simple Ethnography
Integrated~Autonomy
Critical Uncertainties
Ecocycle Planning
Panarchy
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Liberating Structures Fieldbook Published
Nancy White 2026-08-31 Nancy White 2026-08-31

Liberating Structures Fieldbook Published

The new Liberating Structures Fieldbook by Nancy White & Keith McCandless was recently released.

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A Door Opens: Welcome to the LS Blog
Keith McCandless 2026-08-30 Keith McCandless 2026-08-30

A Door Opens: Welcome to the LS Blog

Introductory post to the new LS blog - A Door Opens

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Switching Out the Failing Routine
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Switching Out the Failing Routine

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Precisely Ambiguous: An invitation that saved lives
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Precisely Ambiguous: An invitation that saved lives

A story about using Liberating Structures in a hospital with a focus on improving patient safety outcomes

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LS Maestro Tim Jaasko-Fisher: Scaling Change
Springboard Stories Keith McCandless 2026-05-11 Springboard Stories Keith McCandless 2026-05-11

LS Maestro Tim Jaasko-Fisher: Scaling Change

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