Freedom and order are not incompatible… truth is strength… free discussion is the very life of truth.
Thomas Huxely (1825—1895)
English Scientist
Market of Opportunities is a group work method for mixing up participants and instigating each others’ inspiration.
Objective of Market of Opportunities
- Group work results and process.
- Collaboration and team-building.
Resources
Overall topics and subtopics for each group.
Plan and group list to keep the overview.
Time
min. 45
Task
Another way of moderating group works is the Market of Opportunities. In contrast to the Jigsaw method, a whole group (of three to five) gets one single topic and thus develops into experts on this topic. After this initial step, the groups are reformed with one single expert on one topic. For example:
First Round
- A1, A2, A3 working on topic X
- B1, B2, B3 working on topic Y
- C1, C2, C3 working on topic Z
Each expert, one after the other, informs the other group members about his topic.
Second Round
- A1, B1, C1 working on V [=X+Y+Z]
- A2, B2, C2 working on V [=X+Y+Z]
- A3, B3, C3 working on V [=X+Y+Z]
Afterwards, the new groups work on a presentation on the topics — which ideally complement each other to an overall theme. Then they present their findings in a marketplace. To enhance competition the best presentation should be rewarded.
The advantage of this method is the swift learning effect: after working out a topic the participant has to explain it in own words to others and then works out a visualisation with new connections to his topic.
Finally, with market of opportunities you’ll have results inspired by each other.
Phase
Performing. Norming phase could be possible depending on the group.