Celebrity Interview: with Liberating Structures creators Keith McCandless & Henri Lipmanowicz
Channel: Esko Reinikainen
Date: 06/11/2020

As part of the Liberating Structures Immersion: Helsinki (29th Oct - 13th Nov, 2020) Dorothy Zablah from connection design agency The Magic Department interviewed Liberating Structures creators Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless.
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1:15 – How did LS start? How did this work come about? 
9:51 – How has the purpose of Liberating Structures evolved over time (since 16-17 years ago)?
15:38 – What are some of the common obstacles people run into when they’re trying to bring LS into organisations? 
25:10 – What’s the role of absurdity and play in Liberating Structures, and what does that have to do with complexity science? 
35:04 – What’s the role of hunches in the work of LS? 
40:55 – How has your work with LS evolved your perspective on life? 
45:38 – What’s the message you’d like to share with a person who’s just entering the wide world of LS?
50:52 – How are new LS created? What are some situations that have required the creation of a new Liberating Structure? 
58:08 – What’s your favourite LS string for groups with polarised opinions?
59:45 – Closing with a virtual riff of Mad Tea – open sentences.
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