# Liberating Structures Design System: Interaction By [gospelofchange](https://paragraph.com/@gospelofchange) · 2024-05-31 --- What? Liberating Structures contain a Design System So What? They stack up and make LS both easy to learn, get started applying and build the skill of facilitation Now What? LFG What? LS are practices, not theoretical So What? That means we’re always applying them to real life contexts and situations Now What? Here’s what I want to have some grip on in order to pick the right LS… 🅿️ lace: what context, situtation or challenges am I operating in? 🅿️ urpose: what do I want to have happen in this place? 🅿️ people: who do I need to work with to realize that purpose in this place? 🅿️arameters: what logistics must I take into consideration? What? These are the Min-Specs I need to select a LS So What? Which of these three is most important right now? ⏹️Interaction: making space for everyone to share information ⏺️Inquiry: the right question 🔼Artifacts: create a deliverable from our conversation to share with others What? I’m going to unpack the ⏹️Interaction class So What? Because they are the easiest to apply with very little skill Now What? Let’s look at what they help us do What? While all of these principles are embedded in each LS, ⏹️Interaction emphasizes these 1. Include and unleash everyone 2. Practice deep respect for people and local solutions 3. Build trust as you go 4. Practice self-discovery within a group 5. Amplify freedom and responsibility So What? [That’s complicated](https://mirror.xyz/gospelofchange.eth/-v0qXNkqS0vs2MTg09R_AHTz7SwFGV7BxSvGYPPJCoY) but has to do with this whole notion around increasing the _Throughput_ of human time attention energy information processing capacity, or _Bandwidth_. A significant part of the value proposition of Liberating Structures is the way that they increase the throughput by intending that everyone participate in many shorter smaller grouped discussions. Now What? Well clearly you should learn to weild them. What? I’m going to unpack the ⏹️Interaction LS I believe are the most useful in the order I believe is best in class So What? For each I’m going to sketch out a scene with the 🅿️lace 🅿️urpose 🅿️people 🅿️arams Now what? I’m going to describe how they shape ⏹️Interaction 🅿️lace: peer support exchange 🅿️urpose: give and get advice 🅿️people: that have wide skill distribution 🅿️arams: 30mins, online Troika Consulting(Helping Heuristics) Groups of 3 (2 talk while 3rd listens) Troika: 2 consultants 1 client HH: coach and client, observer [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLstvkUxdyw) [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYsRs182psg) Helping Heuristics 🅿️lace: work 🅿️urpose: decide how to do the next thing 🅿️people: project team 🅿️arams: 1 hour planning 1-2-4-All 1 min silent reflection 2 min 1-1 4 min pairs pair 5 min group discussion Viola, everyone’s ideas are on the table [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4DfybKEkLA) 🅿️lace: local community 🅿️urpose: discuss the problem of the day 🅿️people: diverse stakeholders 🅿️arams: strong feelings Conversation Cafe Circles of 5 people Use a talking object to go around the circle 1 min/turn to speak to 1. Topic 2. One another 3. 10min convo 4. Take away [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOPKCZM_AMw) 🅿️lace: conference 🅿️urpose: share experience 🅿️people: experts 🅿️arams: big room UX Fishbowl/Celebrity Interview Prep some questions to get the convo rolling for 20 min Invite audience to form small groups to discuss and generate questions in 5 min Q&A to finish [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bevoELzLrXM) [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3WIKxzqdow) 🅿️lace: New assemblage 🅿️urpose: spread and refine thinking 🅿️people: group of people that don’t meet often 🅿️arams: IRL, 20m, upbeat energy Impromptu Networking 1-1s 5min 3x Same question. Go [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sMqA2PuBMA) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/67197137d12cd70cbe71edb2807328f05f251c13c206cd9d607655f8f5fbc721.jpg) Want to experience these moves, practice using them and dig deeper into the Design System? Drop into a practice session sometime [https://lu.ma/wisecrowds](https://lu.ma/wisecrowds) Come hang out with Jyotsna Maan and I in the LS Design Studio starting June 10th! [https://tally.so/r/3E56oX](https://tally.so/r/3E56oX) Join Nadia von Holzen, Ewen Le Borgne, and I as we embark on a 6 month Liberating Journey in October [https://tally.so/r/mDVp1X](https://tally.so/r/mDVp1X) Join us at the @greaterthxn Liberating Structures (Design) Studio on April 29th --- *Originally published on [gospelofchange](https://paragraph.com/@gospelofchange/liberating-structures-design-system-interaction-2)*