exercise · all tools
Network Relationship Patterns
Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional
Quartets use a shared vocabulary of ten recurring work-relationship patterns to name how they actually interact — where energy flows, where it drains — and pick one pattern to shift. Giving relational dynamics names makes them discussable without anyone being accused of anything.
Practical
- Time
- 25 min
- Group
- 4–∞ · small-group, large-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- Ten-pattern handouts; groups of four
- Mechanisms
- feedback-mirroring, systems-sensing, cognitive-reframing
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- liberatingstructures.com/network-relationship-patterns — Liberating Structures, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Eva Schiffer (Net-Map) & Keith McCandless — Liberating Structures
In this directory via Liberating Structures
status: checked · added 2026-08-25