Resources
Practical guides for running game-based conflict training – how to run sessions, debrief them well, measure whether they worked, and the research behind all of it. No fluff, no funnel.
How to Disagree with Your Boss Without Torching Your Career
Disagreeing with your manager is a skill with a shape: private, data-first, tied to shared goals. The research on pushback that doesn't cost you.
How to Frame a Roleplay Exercise So Adults Actually Engage
The pre-game briefing decides whether adults commit or cringe. The scripts from our Operation Aetherfall pilots, the psychology, and a ten-minute checklist.
How to Run a Tabletop RPG Training Session at Work
A facilitator's guide to running a tabletop RPG training session at work – materials, framing, safety tools, teaching rules to non-gamers, and the debrief.
Implementation Intentions: The If-Then Plans That Double Training Follow-Through
If-then plans more than doubled training transfer in one study – 30% to 67%. What implementation intentions are, how to write one, and eight examples.
Interest-Based Problem Framing: How to Turn Position Fights into Problem-Solving
Position fights gridlock because both sides argue solutions. Interest-based framing asks what's underneath – and five questions make the shift.
Validated Instruments for Measuring Conflict Skills (and When to Write Your Own)
TKI, ROCI-II, psychological safety scales, SJTs – what validated conflict assessments measure, what they cost, and when to write your own instead.
The One-Week Follow-Up: A 5-Minute Survey That Tells You If Training Transferred
The first honest read on whether training transferred comes a week later. What a five-minute follow-up survey should ask, how to send it, and how to read it.
Phrases That Open Conversations Instead of Shutting Them Down
Six phrases that open difficult conversations at work instead of shutting them down – why each works, which openers read as attacks, and how to practice one.
Practice vs. Lecture: What the Research Really Says About Learning People Skills
The 75-90% vs. 5-10% retention stat is folklore – we quote it ourselves. Where it came from, and what rigorous research really shows about practice.