Liberating Structures
Stories From The Field – Collaboration UnleashedBy Anja Ebers, Birgit Nieschalk
Length6h 42m
About this audiobook
What if you could unleash the best in everyone?
Most organizations are trapped in the same tiresome habits — presentations, brainstorming sessions and open debates that go nowhere. The result? Frustrated teams, wasted potential and the same people dominating every conversation.
Liberating Structures blow all of that up.
Featuring 39 practitioners from across the globe — from Tokyo boardrooms and Brazilian hotel ballrooms to Krakow universities and Zoom calls in Latin America — this book is a front-row seat to a quiet revolution in how people work together. Through vivid, real-world stories, you'll discover how simple, elegant interaction methods can transform passive audiences into energised contributors, turn conflict into collaboration and unlock the collective intelligence hiding in plain sight within your organisation.
Whether you're a project manager, nurse, teacher, executive, parent, partner or coach, these are tools you can use tomorrow — no expert training required.
Stop managing. Start liberating. Unleash collaboration.
"Viva la democracia!" — a participant, after experiencing Liberating Structures for the first time.
Written and curated by German Liberating Structures Pioneers Anja Ebers and Birgit Nieschalk. Foreword contributions from Liberating Structures founders Keith McCandless and Henri Lipmanowicz.
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics
Length6 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 19, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Halftitle
2Discover Effortless Collaboration
3Liberating Structures: Lingo for Daily Interaction
41. Turn Attendees into Contributors
5Nieschalk: For the Very First Time
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6Stahl & Zbinden: Making Conventions Unconventional
7Hoehne: “Viva la Democracia”
82. Nurturing Trust
9Schubert-Panecka: Priming a Space for Collaboration
10Vogel & Mc Donough: Purple Elephants and Pink Poop
11Brüggemann: How to Create a “User Manual” for Your New Boss
123. Empowering Teams to Take Ownership
13Bickford: Reviving a Group That Is Losing Energy
14Ito: Navigating Tough Conflicts in a Small Team
15Wienges: How to Develop One Shared Strategy
16Sahling & Steinhöfer: A Visit to the Anxiety Circus
174. Support Each Other
18Baran: Building Bridges
19Ishihara: Starting Tomorrow by Learning from Each Other
20Schwarz & Erber: Tapping into the Wisdom of the Group
21McCandless: Coaxing Beauty out of Messiness
225. Project Collaboration
23Collie: End with Energy and Enthusiasm
24von Holzen, Hidayati, Caarls & Page: Breaking Barriers
25Zukrigl-Schief & Kräutler: Setting up Multi-Stakeholder Projects
26Vieira & Loureiro: Breathing Life into Strategic Planning
276. Co-developing Plans and Strategies
28Schloss: Best Practice Approaches
29Hidayati & von Holzen: Strategic Planning Made Visual for Teams
30von Holzen: Distilling Insights Towards Shared Direction
31Sörgens: Bittersweet Reality
327. Initiate Change
33Ito: Even in Just 15 Minutes, You Can Change Your Organizational Culture
34Collie: Unleash Natural Dialogue
35Smits: And Yet It Moves
368. Bringing the New into the World — Together
37Karadimos: Getting Ready for a Wild Ride
38Taylor: When You Want to Go Far, Go Together
39Hoehne: Feeling at Home
40Ito: Unleash Creativity in Challenging Times
419. Structure Yourself
42Ebers: Out of the Hamster Wheel
43Qua: Plausible, Possible Futures
44Wittke: Exploring Virtual Teamwork with Me, Myself and AI
45McCandless: Drawing Myself Together
4610. Create Learning Spaces
47Ito: Improve Your Ability to Get Help
48Smits: Just Wait and See the Magic Happen
49Ritson & Cady: The Iron Chef
50Let's Go!
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