Weave Pattern Library
A shared collection of meeting patterns. Browse, then add any pattern to your Weave dashboard to run it.
- 1-2-4-All Engage everyone at once in generating ideas — silent reflection, then pairs, then foursomes, then a whole-group harvest. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/1-2-4-all), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- 15% Solutions Find the concrete steps you can take right now, without more resources or authority, and coach each other to make them real. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/15-percent-solutions), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- 9 Whys Uncover the deeper purpose behind your work by asking "why" again and again in pairs, then making sense of it together. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/nine-whys), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Appreciative Interviews Discover the roots of success by interviewing each other about a time things went well, then finding the conditions that made it possible. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/appreciative-interviews), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Celebrity Interview Reconnect a leader or expert with the group through a talk-show-style interview, then open the floor to questions the whole room helps generate. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/celebrity-interview), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Conversation Café Explore a shared challenge calmly and deeply in small groups, using a talking object and simple agreements to listen more and debate less. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/conversation-cafe), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Discovery & Action Dialogue Discover the everyday solutions already present in a group by walking through seven questions about a shared problem, in small groups. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/discovery-and-action-dialogue), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Drawing Together Reveal insights about a challenge or transition through drawing, using five simple symbols instead of words, then interpreting each other's stories. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/drawing-together), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Dyad — a 15-minute contemplative listening practice A paired practice in the style of Tania Singer's contemplative dyads — speak, and simply be present.
- Future~Present Imagine you've already succeeded, then look back from that future as "elders" telling "youths" the story of how it happened. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/future-present), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Heard, Seen, Respected Practice deep listening — without fixing or judging — by taking turns telling a story of a time you were not heard, seen, or respected. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/heard-seen-respected), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Helping Heuristics Practice four ways of giving and receiving help in trios, and notice how each one opens up or shuts down the conversation. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/helping-heuristics), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Impromptu Networking Share your challenge and expectations and build new connections fast, through quick one-to-one conversations with a new partner each round. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/impromptu-networking), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Improvement Kata A systematic way of training in scientific thinking inspired by the lean practices that made Toyota into the world's leading auto manufacturer
- Mad Tea Explore a challenge at warp speed by completing a series of open sentences, one after another, so hidden insights and fresh ideas surface fast. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/mad-tea-calm-tea), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Making Space with TRIZ Make space for innovation by imagining how to guarantee the worst possible result, then facing which of those things you may already be doing — and stopping them. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/creative-destruction), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Min Specs Strip away the nonessential rules and find the smallest set of "must dos" and "must not dos" needed to achieve your purpose. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/min-specs), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Positive Gossip Practice giving and getting genuine positive feedback through three quick rounds of uplifting one-to-one "gossip". Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/positive-gossip), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Spiral Journal Quietly collect your thoughts before a discussion by responding to a short series of open-ended prompts, then share what stands out. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/spiral-journal), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Troika Consulting Get practical help on a real challenge from two peers, taking turns as client and consultant in trios. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/troika-consulting), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- User Experience Fishbowl Share practical know-how by having a few experienced people talk candidly in an inner circle while everyone else listens, then opens it up with questions. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/user-experience-fishbowl), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Weaving Liberating Structures - Demo A 60-minute demo where the session itself is the demo — built for the LS community.
- What, So What, Now What? Reflect together and turn shared observations into action, moving from facts, to meaning, to next steps. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/what-so-what-now-what), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Wicked Questions Surface the paradoxical challenges a group must face to succeed, by naming opposing-yet-complementary forces as a single wicked question. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/wicked-questions), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.
- Wise Crowds Tap the wisdom of the whole group fast — a client shares a challenge with a few consultants while everyone else listens in and then adds their observations. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/wise-crowds), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.