If you want to move faster and lead the organization in mastering agile learning liberating structure is the key. We have started introducing liberating structure’s 33 official design menu from our previous blog which consists of the first four designs stating details of 1-2-4-All, impromptu networking, nine why’s, and wicked questions. In today’s article, we will be moving towards discussing the next liberating structure designs. They are mentioned in detail below.
Appreciative Interview
Many have reached their success from listening to others' success stories and this is the same thing that will also help in liberating structure to motivate the teams and list out what is required for their success in an hour. By listening to success stories on a particular theme teams can collect insight and patterns for required success.
Purpose
Starting from a positive note helps generate constructive energy
Helps in spreading tactic knowledge of the field
Improves peer-to-peer learning, community building, and mutual respect
Helps in exploring messy and complex problems
Tips
Ask participants to provide a title to their partner’s story
Start with asking a story about a particular situation
Try to add more interviews before building up the pattern
Ask participants to share their views on the story about what is right and wrong or how they would have helped in it
Provide full visibility of stories and pattern
TRIZ
“To destroy is always the first step in any creation” as said by E.E.Cummings, is what liberating structure TRIZ design understands. With TRIZ, participants easily and freely state the taboo things that are stopping them from success and also let them go to move forwards towards betterment. It first includes 3 steps taking 10 minutes each where a list of worst scenarios with applying strategy are possible, then listing the counterproductive activities and third steps to take for reaching desirable results.
Purpose
Using fun ways lay a foundation to let go the destructive activities
Create space for innovation
Create trust within scrum teams
Tips
Start with the most unwanted result
Check with the team that seems confused
Number decisions that need to be stopped
Make sure suggestions are about stopping activities and not about adding new ones
15% Solution
This 20-minute design menu of liberating structure helps the team to focus more on what they can do immediately instead of whining about what they cannot change. This 15% solution starts by asking a question what is your 15 % where you have the freedom to act? Starting first individually then pairing groups as many numbers required. The first individual list their 15% and then share their ideas within-group further providing consultation within themselves.
Purpose
Takes the scrum team away from powerlessness, negativism, and blockage
Build strong trust
Reminds of idle capacity and resources
Reduce waste
Disclose bottom-up solution
Tips
Check items are within the discretion of individual
Make it a routine to ask 15% in meetings
Try to explain with the story how small change makes big difference.
Troika Consulting
A 30 Minute activity of Troika Consulting helps participants to ask for help within themselves for their problems and also provides wisdom for the one who coaches others. Starting by asking to share issues they face and then provide peer to peer coaching within them will help in discovering everyday solutions.
Purpose
Improve skill in asking for help
Helps in learning to formulate issues and challenges clearly
Build self-organizing capacity
Improves scrum team trust within due to mutual support
Tips
Form groups with mixed roles
Make participants notice the pattern of offered support
Divide time into more rounds for more effective results
Ask participants to take a risk and maintain empathy
W3 What, So what, Now what?
Every project needs to be looked back to know what is achieved and further, what changes are needed with W3 this is a simple task of 45 minutes for any number team. Create a team of approximately 10-12 people of the same or different functionality. Firstly discuss what happened to the situation. Then move towards the question so what? Discussing to understand why it’s important and what pattern is emerged. Then work on now what? To know what actions to be taken further that will make better sense.
Purpose
Helps avoid the same mistake repeatedly
Helps everyone to start on the same page
Eliminate jumping prematurely for actions
Unleashes action of complex challenges
Tips
Repeatedly practice- what, so what, and now what
Appreciate and recognize candid feedback
Give time for debriefing instead of rushing or trivializing it.
At every end always practice debriefing W3
This design menu of liberating structure helps the scrum team in being clear with what are their requirements for success, a list of requirements, clear skills to ask for help if needed, and previous observations and further actions to be taken.
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