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Episode 14 - Keith McCandless

For Episode 14 of transform together, Johannes Schartau talks to Keith McCandless, co-developer of Liberating Structures, about the biggest expansion of the Liberating Structures menu since the publication of The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures. Keith shares what has changed, why the new Liberating Structures Fieldbook brings the experience of the global practitioner community into the repertoire, and how ten new structures deepen the possibilities for working with groups, strategy, relationships, and change.

The conversation also explores the principles behind Liberating Structures, the role of minimum specifications, the limits of traditional whole-system change, and why Keith believes real transformation starts by shifting the patterns of interaction at the smallest relational level. Along the way, Johannes and Keith discuss complexity, adjacent possibilities, Creative Commons, the future growth of the Liberating Structures repertoire, and the experiments in the global community that currently excite Keith most.

transform together Episode 14:
  • Introduction (00:02)
  • What is changing in Liberating Structures? (01:09)
  • New structures and new possibilities (03:21)
  • The principles behind the structures (05:37)
  • The expanded repertoire and renamed structures (06:21)
  • Highlights from the ten new Liberating Structures (09:47)
  • Minimum specifications and Griefwalking (12:05)
  • Network Pattern Relationships (13:28)
  • Strategy Knotworking (14:28)
  • Timeline for the book and website (16:11)
  • The worldview behind Liberating Structures (17:30)
  • Rethinking whole-system change (18:31)
  • The adjacent possible (22:23)
  • Measuring relationship depth, options, and context (23:43)
  • Will the menu keep growing? (26:18)
  • Future structures and community development (28:35)
  • Creative Commons and commercial use (29:48)
  • Experiments in the global community (30:20)
  • The Spidergram Mirror (32:38)
  • Outro and next episode (33:08)
  • Resources

    • Learn more about Liberating Structures at https://www.liberatingstructures.com/
    • Download the Liberating Structures App in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store
    • Contact:

      • Write an email to Johannes: [email protected]
      • Follow Holisticon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/holisticon-ag/
      • Learn more about Holisticon: https://www.holisticon.de/
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        transform together – das Podcast-Meetup rund um TransformationBy Johannes Schartau, Holisticon