Video and slides synchronized, mp3 and slide download available at URL http://bit.ly/2lnOqn9. Greg Myers talks about Liberating Structures - a set of facilitation frameworks that enable shared ownership and inclusion. At Capital One they have found Liberating Structures to be a great fit with Agile approaches - bringing energy and life into sessions, workshops, offsites and in leadership coaching. He shares practical applications of Liberating Structures that we can use in our workplace. Filmed at qconnewyork.com. Greg Myers is an Agile Coach at CapitalOne. His background includes software development, product and engineering management, workshop / training design & facilitation, and leadership and team coaching.

1. LIBERATING STRUCTURES @
CAPITAL ONE
GREG MYERS

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4. WHAT IS A WORTHY-
BUT-ELUSIVE GOAL?

5. TEXT
ENGAGEMENT
▸ Few meetings have it
▸ Most folks struggle with it
▸ It reflects assumptions about
▸ Power
▸ Learning
▸ Intelligence

6. TEXT
TROIKA CONSULTING
“Why is it hard to
make progress?”

7. FIVE MEETING ELEMENTS
INVITATION
▸ Most common
invitation “Listen to
me.”
▸ Next most common
“Tell me what I want to
hear.”
▸ Is it safe?
▸ Do I care?
▸ Does it matter?

8. FIVE MEETING ELEMENTS
HOW SPACE IS ARRANGED
▸ Body-Brain connection is
profound
▸ Arrangement of space
▸ signals,
▸ reinforces,
▸ enables / prohibits

9. FIVE MEETING ELEMENTS
HOW PARTICIPATION IS DISTRIBUTED
▸ Who deserves to take
part?
▸ What does it mean to
invite participation?
▸ What is the difference
between
▸ Being tolerated, and
▸ Belonging?

10. FIVE MEETING ELEMENTS
HOW GROUPS ARE CONFIGURED
▸ Who is in and who is
out?
▸ How do we know?
▸ What is made
possible through
face time and one-
on-one interaction?

11. FIVE MEETING ELEMENTS
SEQUENCE OF STEPS AND TIME ALLOCATION
▸ How you allocate activities and time
has a profound impact on what
happens
▸ “One for you and two for me”
▸ “Two for me and none for you”
▸ “All for me, and all for me”

12. 15% SOLUTION
“WHAT’S ONE THING YOU COULD DO
NOW, TOTALLY WITHIN YOUR
CONTROL, THAT WOULD GET YOU
CLOSER TO YOUR GOAL?

13. ??

14. VISIT THE WEBSITE (WWW.LIBERATINGSTRUCTURES.COM)
DOWNLOAD THE APP (LIBERATING STRUCTURES)
USE MATCHMAKER (SEARCH THE SITE)
CONTACT ME
myers.greg@gmail.com
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