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conflict

Every negotiation hides an orange: two sides reach for the same thing, and the fight over positions buries the trade underneath. These 5 folders each surface a different part of that — one fruit with two hidden facts (The Orange), a shared problem before the split (Same Boat), the rungs that let a dispute get hot (Escalation Map), a version a neutral could believe (The Third Story), and arguing the other side for real (Roleswap Argument). Each runs 20–25 minutes with printed props — no account, no projector.

The Orange Listed Assessment Two teams, one orange, one hidden fact each. Position-takers split it in half; interest-askers both walk away whole. Confidential brief cards and a pre/post measure included. 2 teams of 2–4 20 min offline print props conflict Same Boat Listed Two sides each write only what they'll both lose if the dispute keeps running; the overlap becomes one shared problem. Printable cards. 6–16 people 20 min offline + online print props conflict Escalation Map Listed Plot a conflict's arc on a heat ladder, name the cheapest move at each rung, and circle the earliest one — no names on the wall, just the shape of getting hot. Printable cards. 4–12 people 25 min offline + online print props conflict The Third Story Listed Each side tells the story a neutral observer would — camera footage, not blame — then finds the need underneath and one shared move. Printable cards. 4–10 people 25 min offline + online print props conflict Roleswap Argument Listed Each side argues the other's position honestly, steel-mans it, and names one true thing plus the shared need. Printable cards. 6–16 people 20 min offline + online print props conflict

fitting this into a 90-minute session

Negotiation needs two passes and a debrief. One run gives everyone a story; the second gives them a strategy. Put the exercise after the framing, not before it.
One folder is not an agenda. Fit it into the five-block shape in How to design a 90-minute workshop: wake them, run something real, protect the energy, run it deeper, send them out with a date on paper.
Compare by the room, not the category. The scenario shelves say what survives a video call, a 15-minute slot or twenty people: Quick & short, Remote-friendly, Large group.
The drawer grows. New folders land as they are filed — see what has been filed, or get them in your inbox.

paper first, optional after

Every folder above prints and runs with markers only — no account, no projector. If you want the same measure as a live form, or answers on the room's big screen, each folder page carries an optional section for it: FormLM builds the online pre/post, QRCard-AI runs the scan-and-display half. Neither is required to use what you downloaded.