Nancy White's Full Circle Blog

Mining Old Pubs on Liberating Structures

Nancy White — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:13:46 +0000

I’ve been trying to learn more about AI (specifically Agentic AI with Pete Kaminski) and one thing I’m doing is trying to organize old publications about Liberating Structures. Here is what I’ve got so far. Do you have something I’m missing? Disclaimer: The following was generated by ClaudeAI Sonnet 4.5. I did not review/correct/edit at … Continue reading

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Audrey Watters’ Amazing Piece: AI Grief Observed

Nancy White — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:38:08 +0000

Click here and read this gut-wrenching, inciteful and devastating piece on AI’s impact on education and beyond, by the transcendent Audrey Watters. Here is a snippet from the end of the piece. But please, don’t read it here, click into the full piece. Slow down. Read every word. If you are not in education, just … Continue reading

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Patterns for Humane Online Meetings

Nancy White — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:32:34 +0000

I’m working on a pro-bono project and came across a request for an online meeting resource. After scrolling through a mind-numbing number of “ok” resources, and struggling to re-find old favorites, I thought I’d share some patterns instead of a recipe. This is something I’ve been playing with for the new Liberating Structures (LS) book … Continue reading

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So You Want To Create a New Liberating Structure!

Nancy White — Thu, 15 May 2025 20:58:27 +0000

Introduction Since Liberating Structures (LS) were first launched into the world, they generated creative energy in practitioners around the world to create new ones. Some people identified gaps that they found in the repertoire. People generated alternatives to existing structures. Adjacent communities saw opportunities to cross pollinate their approaches with LS. We experienced a flowering … Continue reading

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Rewilding Strategic Knotworking with Barry Overeem

Nancy White — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:39:13 +0000

A guest post by Philip Clark Introduction: I am happy to share the blog space with guest author Philip Clark for the fourth in the series of his reflecting on the learnings of our little CoP on strategy knotworking. You can read his bio at the end of the post! “Where passion meets precision, mastery … Continue reading

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DRAFT: In Search of Digital Habitats for Liberating Structures Part 1

Nancy White — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:27:05 +0000

Introduction/ Pre-Ramblings to this series UPDATE: I’m already totally rewriting the chapter so you can ignore this post. The comments given were really useful so I’m back to editing! Twice in my life I’ve co-written books with wonderful, brilliant friends and colleagues. The first book in 2009 was Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for communities with … Continue reading

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Rewilding Strategic Knotworking with Lynda Frost

Nancy White — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 21:43:24 +0000

A guest post by my friend and colleague, Philip Clark (bios at end of post for Philip and Lynda!) “Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t.” Richard Bach Within the larger Liberating Structures network there is a community of practice devoted to the development … Continue reading

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Rewilding Strategic Knotworking with Fisher Qua

Nancy White — Thu, 23 May 2024 16:59:00 +0000

A guest post by Philip Clark (Nancy’s Note: Philip and I are members of this little community of practice focusing on the use of Liberating Structures in strategic planning and work. He has been generously taking the lead of crafting and building on these summaries of our learning sessions. THANKS, PHILIP!) “Begin at the beginning,” … Continue reading

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Once Upon a Time I Wrote a Thing

Nancy White — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:11:04 +0000

A recent email from the wonderful Alan Levine (a.k.a. cogdog, with his still-vibrant CogDogBlog) reminded me that once upon a time, I wrote a thing. What feels like forever-ago in 2006. Thanks to the Wayback Machine, it can still be read. I was optimistic about online communities then. I don’t recall if term “social media” … Continue reading

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Perfection as Control

Nancy White — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 01:19:41 +0000

I was reading the spectacular, “When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice” by Terry Tempest Williams and this quote jumped out at me. “Perfection is a flaw disguised as control.” Terry Tempest Williams I’ve been working on a writing project with Keith McCandless around Liberating Structures and time and time again we reflect on … Continue reading

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