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In this episode of transform together, Johannes Schartau talks with Nancy White about moving from traditional strategic planning toward a more adaptive and participatory “strategic way of being.” They explore why strategy begins with purpose, how the six questions of Strategy Knotworking help groups navigate complexity, and why noticing, learning, and adjusting are more valuable than pretending the future can be planned in detail.

Nancy explains how Liberating Structures such as Ecocycle Planning, Creative Destruction, and Wicked Questions can uncover hidden tensions, challenge comfortable assumptions, and turn disagreement into a source of learning. The conversation also explores why alignment does...

In this episode of transform together, Johannes Schartau talks to Simon Flossmann about Evidence-Based Management, Scrum.org’s framework for connecting goals, measures, experiments, and actual value delivered.

Many organizations are very good at producing output: more features, more projects, more initiatives, more meetings. But how do they know whether any of this actually creates value? Simon explains how EBM can help teams and organizations move beyond “we shipped it” and toward better conversations about customer outcomes, product value, learning, and decision-making.

Together, Johannes and Simon explore what “evidence” means in the messy reality of product development, how EBM relates to Scrum,...

In Episode 16 of transform together, Johannes Schartau talks to Lili David about Sociocracy 3.0 and how organizations can use it to evolve the way they collaborate, make decisions, and distribute authority. Lili explains S3 as a collection of patterns that help people respond to real organizational tensions, make collaboration more conscious and intentional, and improve the way work, responsibility, and decision-making are structured.

Together, they explore why useful patterns alone are never enough, what happens when consent decision-making reveals hidden issues, why willingness and trust matter so much, and how organizations can make authority more explicit without simply flattening...

In this episode of transform together, Johannes Schartau talks to Joshua Arnold about the shift from project thinking to real product flow and why that shift matters more than ever. Joshua explains why Cost of Delay is such a powerful way to understand value, urgency, and the hidden price of waiting, but also why organizations so often fall back into politics, overloaded priority lists, and “this comes from the top” decision-making. Together, they explore what gets in the way of better flow, how finance and funding models can become part of the solution, why ProductDevOps needs to connect fast delivery...

For Episode 14 of transform together, Johannes Schartau talks to Keith McCandless, co-developer of Liberating Structures, about the biggest expansion of the Liberating Structures menu since the publication of The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures. Keith shares what has changed, why the new Liberating Structures Fieldbook brings the experience of the global practitioner community into the repertoire, and how ten new structures deepen the possibilities for working with groups, strategy, relationships, and change.

The conversation also explores the principles behind Liberating Structures, the role of minimum specifications, the limits of traditional whole-system change, and why Keith believes real transformation starts...

Many organizations start transformation initiatives with great ideas – and still fail. Why is that?

In this episode of "transform together", Host Johannes Schartau talks with Lynn Kelley about why change requires more than just the right solution. They explore the role of leadership, communication, and why real transformation is always a cultural process.

Lynn Kelley shares insights from her work with organizations and explains why many initiatives fall short and what it actually takes to make change sustainable.

Transformation ist überall – aber warum fühlen sich so viele Veränderungsinitiativen trotzdem orientierungslos an?

In dieser Episode von Transform Together spricht Johannes Schartau mit Dennis Willkomm darüber, wie sogenannte Metatheorien (insbesondere die integrale Theorie) helfen können, komplexe Veränderungsprozesse besser zu verstehen und zu gestalten.

Dennis bringt eine ungewöhnliche Perspektive auf Organisationsentwicklung mit: Als Agile Coach, Führungskraft und Autor der „Roadmap durch die VUCA-Welt“ verbindet er Informatik, Psychologie und integrale Ansätze. Gemeinsam mit Johannes schaut er darauf, warum Transformationen oft nur an der Oberfläche stattfinden – und wie man tieferliegende Dynamiken in Organisationen erkennen kann.

In dieser Folge spricht Johannes Schartau mit Daniel Steinhöfer darüber, warum so viele Transformationen in Organisationen scheitern – und welche Rolle Komplexität, Beteiligung und gemeinsame Narrative dabei spielen. Anhand von Liberating Structures und der Methode Panarchy zeigen sie, wie Organisationen Transformation besser verstehen und gemeinsam handlungsfähig werden können.

In this episode, Host Johannes Scharau talks with Ines Garcia about how we can learn from nature to make organizations more sustainable and innovative. They discuss the power of transition zones and why standardization is a myth, how the "External God Complex" holds us back, and what natural systems teach us about real resource exchange.

In this episode, Host Johannes Schartau talks with Sylvia Taylor, a pioneer in bringing Liberating Structures to Europe and a leading voice in organizational change. Sylvia shares her journey from experiencing thirteen moves before age five to becoming an expert in adaptability intelligence and the Flux Mindset.

Sylvia challenges the traditional approach of designing better change plans and focusing on managing resistance. Instead, she argues that everyone's new job is learning, yet companies still resist investing in building people's capacity to adapt. The most successful changes happen when teams develop stronger adaptability muscles before the change hits. She introduces the...