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tool · 2026.03.19

The Feedback Dilemma

by paul thomas·1 min·151 wordsTOOL

You can't learn to give hard feedback by reading about it. You learn by getting it wrong somewhere safe.

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The problem

Feedback training is almost always passive. People watch a model, agree it makes sense, then freeze the moment a real conversation gets uncomfortable. The gap is practice, not theory.

What it is

A short, branching scenario where you play the manager. You choose how to open, how to respond, and how to handle it when the conversation turns, and you watch the consequences of each choice play out. It is built on the Situation, Behaviour, Impact model, so the practice maps onto something you can use the next day.

Who it's for

Managers and team leads who want to rehearse a difficult conversation before they have the real one. It also works as a live demo of what scenario-based learning can do when it is built properly.

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