Everyone assumed someone else would pick it up.
Recognize this situation? Below are the Liberating Structures that change it — a concrete example, and the reason this one fits here. New to Liberating Structures? Here's what it is.
15% Solutions literally asks: what will you do next?
For example: After the meeting, the minutes say "action item: follow up client file," with no name attached. Two weeks later, it turns out nobody picked it up — everyone assumed a colleague would.
Liberating Structures for this situation:
Min Specs
Min Specs doesn't let an action item exist without an owner: the group reduces every decision to the shortest possible list of what actually needs to happen, and each point needs a name attached to who does it.
A task with no name doesn't survive the cutting round — it either gets assigned, or gets struck as non-essential.
15% Solutions
15% Solutions then literally puts the ball back with the individual: not "what needs to happen," but "what first step can you, specifically, take with what you already have."
Because everyone writes that down for themselves and shares it in a small group, nobody can assume someone else will pick it up anymore — the question was aimed at them, personally.
No certification, no lengthy prep — read the steps and try it at your next meeting.
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