About this session
TRIZ stops counterproductive activities and behaviours to make space for innovation. The question “What must we stop doing to make progress on our deepest purpose?” induces seriously fun yet very courageous conversations. Issues that are otherwise taboo get a chance to be aired and confronted. With creative destruction come opportunities for renewal and local action and innovation can rush in to fill the vacuum.
Our specific TRIZ question for this session is: “what must we stop doing to make progress on the ambitions for palliative and end of life care?”. The session is co-facilitated by Guy Peryer and Yvonne Morgan.
Most people say that they’d prefer not to die in hospital. Planning a discharge from hospital for someone near to death involves people and organisations working together and communicating effectively with the dying person and their family to ensure a safe and efficient transfer of care that promotes dignity and compassion. Recent evidence indicated that over a third of hospital deaths reviews happened while the dying person was waiting to be transferred. A common reason for delays is that a package of care can’t be coordinated in time because of limited availability of community support.
NHS England has adopted a new framework for palliative and end of life care. The Ambitions framework sets out a vision to improve end of life care through partnership and collaborative action between organisations at local level throughout England. It includes six ambitions: each person is seen as an individual, each person gets fair access to care, maximising comfort and wellbeing, care is co-ordinated, all staff are prepared to care and each community is prepared to help. What must we stop doing now to make process on these ambitions?
Bring your unique experience and ideas and let’s trial TRIZ as a method to enable courageous conversations and creative destruction of counterproductive activities.
About Liberating Structures
Liberating Structures can be used to change the way we work and collaborate. They promote inclusive, innovative, and productive meetings and projects and are now used widely in improvement work.
There are 33 structures to explore. Using them can quickly encourage lively participation in groups of any size, boost engagement, and enable connection and collaboration with others in a fun and inspiring way.
Liberating Structures user group
The Q Liberating Structures user group meets online each month to explore one or more of the Structures. It’s a supportive space, and everyone is welcome.
The group sessions are co-facilitated by Q members. While there are varying levels of experience with Liberating Structures and facilitation in the group, no one is an expert. We rely on peer support. Everyone is safe to try something new and learn together through participation.
“I always find these meet-ups helpful and it has got me from wanting to use Liberating Structures to actually using them. I am meeting great people and learning practical skills.”
“I find this group a great energy boost, learning experience and networking opportunity.”
“I didn’t realise how much fun I’d have – but I also learnt something”.
Upcoming sessions
Our sessions run on the first Thursday of each month, and are usually centred around a theme and/or specific Liberating Structure:
Thursday June 6, 12-1pm: Liberating Structure and theme to be confirmed.
Thursday July 4, 12-1pm: Planning session for the autumn/winter programme of session. Join if you’re interested in co-facilitating a session or want to learn more about co-facilitating a session.
Find out more
For updates on future sessions, join Q’s Liberating Structures in healthcare Special Interest Group. Maybe you’re planning a session at your own workplace or with any groups you’re part of? The group is open to everyone and is a great place to ask the community for advice and support on any of the Liberating Structures.
For more info on all the different structures and tools, including FAQs and guides on using them, visit the Liberating Structures website.
There is also a Q-connected Liberating Structures user group in Scotland, started by two Q members.
Contact Kirsty Ellis if you’re interested in getting involved or follow them on X for updates on upcoming events.