Weaving Liberating Structures - Demo
A 60-minute demo where the session itself is the demo — built for the LS community.
9 parts · 18 phases
Everything you're about to experience is running inside Weave. There are no slides, no separate timer, no scrambling to manage breakout rooms. The whole hour-long session is defined in one plain-text file, and you're looking at it live.
As we go, we'll discuss what's usually hard about running Liberating Structures over Zoom, Teams, or Meet. Instead of telling you what Weave does, you'll feel it.
"I don't think there is any better platform out there to run Liberating Structures with such ease."
- Malick Zaman
Host: This is Weave going round the room. No fumbling with 'you go ... no you go ... whoops sorry' — each person gets a clean, named turn, and everyone sees whose turn it is.
- In a word: your last online LS session
speaker: In one word or one sentence describe what was it like the last time you facilitated or joined a Liberating Structure over Zoom, Teams, or Meet?
listener: Just listen. We're painting a shared picture of the good, the bad, and the noteworthy.
Host: We'll run a real 1-2-4-All on the question 'What breaks when we take LS online?' Watch how the rooms behave — especially when pairs become fours.
- 1 — Alone
Silently, to yourself: when you run a Liberating Structure over video, What's hard? What doesn't work well?
Host: Rooms open automatically. No need to assign people or copy-paste the prompt into chat. The prompt is visible in all the rooms.
- 2 — Compare
With your partner: share where remote meetings normally break for each of you. What is the main friction?
Notice as you work: the prompt is on screen, the timer is shared, and 60 seconds before we close you'll get a warning. This is all automated.
Host: In Zoom I'd now be rebuilding rooms by hand and you might lose the partner you just bonded with. Weave keeps whole pairs together and merges them into fours. Nobody starts over.
- 4 — Notice patterns across pairs
Join with another pair. What patterns did you notice with frictions in meeting? What are the top things that break when LS goes online.
Host: What are the main frictions that arise in meetings?
- What did we find?
Let's hear the frictions that came up in the fours. What breaks most often?
Host: We'll close with a W³ debrief — but the 'Now What' is really about you. What are your big wishes for a tool like this?
- What — what did you notice?
Think back across the hour. What actually happened in the tool? Not opinions yet — just observations.
- So what — why does it matter for LS?
So what? Where would this change how you facilitate Liberating Structures online — and where would it not be enough? Be honest; I'm really interested in the gaps.
Host: Last turn. This is what I most want from you. Everything you say now is captured in Weave's transcript, and I can send the whole summary to Notion or a Google Doc afterward — so no wish gets lost.
- If Weave could grow one thing for you
speaker: Finish this out loud — "My big wish for a tool like Weave is…"
listener: Listen to the other shares. If you want to go next, click the hand icon (✋).
Host: Thank you! I'd love for you to try Weave on your own by signing up for free at https://weave.livingcode.now. I'm happy to share the transcript with the feedback requests.
- Thank you
You've now experienced Weave live. The whole session was defined by the file we started with. Thank you for sharing your frictions and your wishes.