Sheet 2: Opportunities & Barriers and Action Plan
Stochastic Parrots and Beyond · front: Opportunities & Barriers · back: Action Plan
Use the front in Panarchy Block 1 (part A) and Block 2 (part B). An opportunity is a place where a change at one level can unlock a change at another level. A barrier is a place where one level blocks another. Note the level of each. The sheet belongs to you. The instructors do not collect it.
Part A: the group challenge (Block 1)
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Selected challenge | |
| Whose challenge: mine · another person |
| Level | Opportunities | Barriers |
|---|---|---|
The group consolidates its priorities into one group Action Plan on a flipchart or in a shared document.
Part B: the open challenges (Block 2)
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Open challenge 1: mine · my partner’s | |
| Open challenge 2: mine · my partner’s |
| Challenge 1 or 2 and level | Opportunities | Barriers | Possible actions |
|---|---|---|---|
With one open challenge, both of you examine it. Leave challenge 2 empty.
Action Plan
Complete the Action Plan alone, for your own Research Use. Use your findings from part A or part B. Then a peer reviews it.
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| My Research Use | |
| My challenge | |
| Intended change: what will be different? | |
| Next step: what do I do first? | |
| Barriers: what can stop me, and how do I react? | |
| Timeline: by when? | |
| Success indicator: how do I see the change? | |
| Peer review: the main feedback | |
| What I change after the peer review |
The structures and illustrations used in this session are adapted under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 from the original work of Keith McCandless, Henri Lipmanowicz and Nancy White found at www.liberatingstructures.com and the Liberating Structures Fieldbook (2026). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. No Liberating Structures icons are used.
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