We've made this decision three times already — and it still isn't made.
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.
And then the question isn't "what do we decide", but "what are you actually going to do tomorrow" (15% Solutions).
For example: A software purchasing decision gets "made" three times in the management team — each time, someone comes back with an objection and the discussion reopens. Six months later, nothing has been bought.
Liberating Structures for this situation:
Min Specs
Min Specs forces the group to reduce the decision itself to its core: everyone first writes down separately everything the decision needs to satisfy — the "max specs" — then the group together strikes out everything that isn't strictly necessary.
What's left is a short list of untouchable rules, no longer open for debate. A decision tested against that can't be reopened a third time — it's already been reduced to the minimum.
15% Solutions
15% Solutions shifts the question from "what do we decide" to "what can you, with what you already have, do yourself as of tomorrow" — no approval or extra budget needed.
Everyone writes that down for themselves, and a small group coaches each other on it: can the speaker actually pull off their own 15% solution? That shifts the conversation from a decision that keeps stalling to a concrete step taken tomorrow.
No certification, no lengthy prep — read the steps and try it at your next meeting.
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