Liberating Structures
Liberating Structures is a repertoire of 33 simple methods that help any group include everyone, surface insights, and move to action. This profile curates practical activities by time needed, plus a quick video and a Wayfinder for educators and organizers.
Liberating Structures are do-it-yourself micro-structures you can mix and match to replace presentations or open discussion with inclusive, purpose-built formats. They work in classrooms, communities, and organizations.
Move from talk to action with small, immediate steps fully in your control.
Jump-start a gathering with fast rounds of paired conversations.
Surface bold, workable ideas and let the group score what should rise.
Clarify the few essential rules that must be obeyed to succeed; drop the rest.
Identify counterproductive habits by imagining how to guarantee failure—then stop those things.
Move a group from observations to meaning to next steps.
Peer coaching in trios: one client, two consultants, rapid advice.
Make expertise accessible by interviewing a “celebrity” with audience-generated questions.
Tap the collective wisdom of a group to help individuals with real challenges.
Map your portfolio across birth, maturity, creative destruction, and renewal to find stuck patterns.
Equal-time rounds for reflective conversation on tough topics.
Co-design the five essentials of any initiative: purpose, principles, participants, structure, practices.
Primary source: Liberating Structures. Times shown are typical ranges; check each linked method page for exact guidance and variations.
