A Liberating Structures… Sandbox
A Liberating Structures … Sandbox Written by Joriam Ramos We have a monthly online meeting where, in general, things are less than perfect: “I was kicked out of my breakout room!” “Where was the tab with the presentation again?” “Sorry, we’re running a bit overtime.” Perhaps in other spaces, this would warrant an apology. Perhaps participants would be disappointed or annoyed. But not here. The truth is that we're all there for exactly those interactions – this is not an ascetic space aimed at perfection; we're all together in the sandbox. The concept is simple: the Q Community , a Health and Care network focused on Quality Improvement professionals, identified that a good portion of its members had an interest in learning social tools. Liberating Structures seemed like low-hanging fruit. At first, you might imagine the classic scenario. A polite trainer joins the room, spends 45 minutes teaching a tool, perhaps sends a questionnaire, and gives everybody a nice certificate – b...