Q Community DECEMBER 2018

1. Q Community DECEMBER 2018 Playful LS Logo by Tracy Kelly

2. Workshop Purpose This workshop exists in order to… • To develop enough familiarity with new methods that you can start applying them right away in routine AND imaginative ways to complex challenges-at-hand • To draw attention to the role of different micro-design elements in shaping our interactions and encourage more mindful and inventive use of them

3. Design & Facilitation Team Thanks to our design team volunteers! • (John Towers) • (Lyse Edwards) • (Shane Costigan) • (Anya Gopfert) • (Ruth Heggie) • (Sheena Visram) • Ann Abbassi • Jaqualine Lindridge • Isabel Ho • Emma Gibbard • Mark Attah • Rachel Chappell • Dimple Keen Workshop Leaders • Fisher Qua • Anna Jackson

4. A note about Freedom & Responsibility during this immersion learning experience • Take advantage of opportunities to contribute AND continuously make space for others to do the same • Play close attention to the role that structure plays in shaping interactions • Prepare for a high dynamic rate of random variability • Engage with seriously playful curiosity & try to notice the intimate, imperfect, and intricate details of your experience • Expect surprise, confusiasm, and dynamic incompleteness • Give more than you take

5. Mad Tea PartyStill-in-development

6. Mad Tea Etiquettewith a bow to Bob Dylan1) Stay curious, dig deep, have fun 2) Don’t over think answers 3) Finish each of the open sentences with a short phrase!

7. Instructions & Steps • Evenly distribute participants between two groups. One groups forms an inner circle and the second forms an outer circle. People should be facing each other (3-5 mins) • Put up an open ended sentence and invite everyone to complete the statement and elaborate with whatever time is available (30 seconds) • *DING* Bells • Groups both shift one person to the right and respond to a new statement (30 seconds) • *DING* Bells and repeat (3-10 mins total)

8. I know I’ve had a great day when…. Image: http://pixabay.com/en/girl-child-alice-in-wonderland-miss-29409/

9. What gives me courage is…. Image: http://pixabay.com/en/girl-child-alice-in-wonderland-miss-29409/

10. A voice I need to stop listening to is... Image: http://pixabay.com/en/girl-child-alice-in-wonderland-miss-29409/

11. A courageous conversation we are not having is... Image: http://pixabay.com/en/girl-child-alice-in-wonderland-miss-29409/

12. My most inspirational role model is/was... Image: http://pixabay.com/en/girl-child-alice-in-wonderland-miss-29409/

13. What reboots me when things are tough is... Image: http://pixabay.com/en/girl-child-alice-in-wonderland-miss-29409/

14. The skill I most enjoy sharing is... Image: http://pixabay.com/en/girl-child-alice-in-wonderland-miss-29409/

15. I have high hopes for... Image: http://pixabay.com/en/girl-child-alice-in-wonderland-miss-29409/

16. Some days things take... Image: http://pixabay.com/en/girl-child-alice-in-wonderland-miss-29409/

17. Some days things take... Image: http://pixabay.com/en/girl-child-alice-in-wonderland-miss-29409/

18. When all is said & done I want... Image: http://pixabay.com/en/girl-child-alice-in-wonderland-miss-29409/

19. Debrief What did you notice about Mad Tea Party? What did it make possible? Where could you use it? Example Prompts: • Affirmation~Despair~Reconnection~Active Hope

20. Back-to-Back Listening

21. What did you notice the second time through the music?

22. Debrief What did you experience in B2B listening? How would you describe the purpose? When/why would you use it?

23. 25/10 CrowdsourcingSift-and-Sort a Group’s Most Powerful Actionable Ideas

24. Instructions & Steps • Write down your idea • Pass cards around while milling • 5 rounds • Rate each card: 1 = I like it, but am not going to make it happen to 5 = Yes, and I’m in! [adjust scale for each invitation] • Decide before looking at other scores. Put rating on the back of the card.

25. Instructions & Steps (Contd) 6. Add all the scores after the last round 7. Call out the score on your card (max score 25) 8. Post high-to-low scoring ideas on a wall tapestry

26. Who has a work challenge they’d like ideas on?

27. Write down your top idea on an index card. Try to include a first step if one comes to mind.

28. Scoring: 5 = Yes! I would be excited to invest my own time or energy to help make that happen. 1= It’s an ok idea, but I’m unlikely put any of my own energy or time into making it happen.

29. Debrief What did you notice about 25/10? How was it organized? What were the steps? What did it make possible? Where could you use it? Where could it be useful?

30. LS DNA Presentation Materials

31. 1-2-4-AllEngage everyone simultaneously in generating ideas, questions, or suggestions

32. Instructions & Steps • Alone, generate a response to the invitation (1 min) • Pairs, share what you came up with and mutually shape the ideas (2 mins) • Quartets, try to synthesize a contribution (4 mins) • All, hear from any group with something everyone needs to hear (4-10 mins) • Repeat in rapid cycles to add clarity, depth, or diversity

33. What is your idea? 1-2-4-All Engage everyone simultaneously in generating questions/ideas/suggestions 5 minutes in the whole group 1 minute alone 4 minutes in a foursome 2 minutes in a pair

34. What do the words Liberating and Structures mean to you?

35. Debrief What did you notice about 1-2-4-All? What stood out about it? How was it organized? What were the steps/instructions? What was the result - what did it produce? What else can you do with it?

36. 5 Organizing Elements Present in Every Interaction • Invitation • Configuration of Groups • Distribution of Participation • Sequencing of Time • Arrangement of Space

37. Presentation The church, army, and monarchy

38. Invitation: Listen to me from start to finish ONE WAY Time: Usually set amount of time regardless of topic PresentationEveryone can hear & see the same information simultaneously Space: Presenter at front of room, everyone else facing forward Participation: Intro, then 99% presentation, then “any questions?” Groups: One-to-Many

39. Open Discussion “The Goat Rodeo”

40. Invitation: Here’s the theme, GO WILD! Time: Arbitrary amount allocated to discussion Open DiscussionVent liberally while promising ⇧ consensus Space: In a big circle or bunch Participation: Who can bite, kick & scream the loudest? Groups: One big undivided group

41. LIBERATING STRUCTURES A repertoire, menu, toybox, or palette of 33+ options for organizing generative interactions

42. ANATOMY OF A LIBERATING STRUCTURE 1-2-4-AllEngage everyone simultaneously in generating ideas, questions, or suggestions Fun, playful title! Clear purpose Icon (designed by Lesley Jacobs) Instructions, Steps, & Timing • Alone, generate a response to the invitation (1 min) • Pairs, share what you came up with and mutually shape the ideas (2 mins) • Quartets, try to synthesize a contribution (4 mins) • All, hear from any group with something everyone needs to hear (4-10 mins) Instructions & Steps

43. 5 Micro-Organizing Elements 1-2-4-All Changes Invitation: What do the words Liberating & Structures mean to you? Space: Open space, nothing to impede movement Time: 4 mins per cycle Groups: New pairs every cycle Participation: Everyone is involved Stays Same

44. Different Structures for Different Purposes Same micro-elements & DNA Conventional Liberating Presentation Managed Discussion Status Update Brainstorming Open Discussion Menu of 33+ alternate ways of organizing that make it possible to include & engage more people Inherited Invented Seriously Dreadful Seriously Playful Expected Results Novel Results

45. 3. Common Generative Patterns Give Rise to Our Small Local and Large Global Events LS Links to Complexity Science 1. Beyond Merely Adapting, We Simultaneously Shape & Are Being Shaped by the Environment 2. Being Holistic AND Specialized Helps Us Navigate Paradoxical Waters 4. Our Outcomes Are Not Predictable in Detail, We Can Expect Surprise 10. Chunking: OurRobust Innovations Are Shaped from Pieces that Work Independently 5. Our Interactions Generate More Than the Sum of the Parts (unlike a machine) 6. Interdependencies Across Embedded Systems Influence Our Efforts to Transform 9. Order Unfolds Out of Our Independent Action w/o Much Central Control 8. Non-Linearity: Tiny Changes & Deviations Can Make a BIG Difference 7. RedundancyEnables Parallel Processing & Rapid Learning

46. Intended Attributes or Characteristics of Liberating Structures • Expert-less: requires only a few minutes to introduce; novices can succeed after a first experience • Results-focused: likely to generate better-than-expected purposeful results • Rapid cycling: fast iterative rounds are very productive • Seriously fun: boosts joy, freedom & responsibility • Inclusive: together, everyone is invited to shape next steps • Multi-scale: works for everyday solutions, projects, strategy, movements • Self-spreading: simple to copy without formal training • Modular: the parts can be combined & recombined endlessly Licensed via Creative Commons

47. Also the photographer for most of the pictures in this slide deck Henri Lipmanowicz Keith McCandless Who seems more serious and more playful? LIBERATING STRUCTURES CO-DEVELOPERS

48. Made available through a Creative Commons Non-Commercial, Attribution, Share-and-Share Alike License You can use ‘em, you can share ‘em, but you can’t sell ‘em Slide content adapted from materials developed by Keith McCandless Most photographs by Keith McCandless, Fisher Qua, and others as noted

49. Ecocycle PlanningAnalyze the Full Portfolio of Activities and Relationships to Identify Obstacles and Opportunities for Progress

50. Generate a numbered list of activities/projects OR relationships/people