Convos (Blog)

Applied creativity and inventive thinking for regular people in everyday life.

Can’t Make Babies
M.J. DElia M.J. DElia

Can’t Make Babies

In Liberating Structures parlance, the team was stuck in a classic Rigidity Trap. We like the success we’re enjoying now so we get stuck. We don’t want to give up our current programs – even when we know they aren’t producing the impact they once enjoyed.

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Describe It For Me
M.J. DElia M.J. DElia

Describe It For Me

Recently, I’ve been doing some program mapping with groups. On paper everything looks great. But the teams feel unsettled. They know they have too much on their plates. They have no room left to innovate. Where to cut? Where to refocus? Where to create space? Where to begin?

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