Kennan. Real‑time coaching for high‑stakes conversations.
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The bibliography is the moat.
Every prompt Kennan surfaces traces back to a named framework. A short list. The full bibliography is on its own page.
Situation, Task, Action, Result.
A behavioral-interview scaffold that pushes the speaker from anecdote into evidence the interviewer can grade.
SIOP · behavioral interviewing
Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement.
The alternative that decides whether you stay at the table. If your BATNA is stronger than the offer, the offer is the wrong one.
Fisher and Ury · Getting to Yes (1981)
Observation, Feeling, Need, Request.
A way to surface what you actually want from a hard conversation without escalating it.
Rosenberg · Nonviolent Communication (2003)
Situation, Problem, Implication, Need-payoff.
The question sequence that moves a buyer from acknowledging a pain to wanting the thing that addresses it.
Rackham · SPIN Selling (1988)
Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, Stonewalling.
The behaviors most predictive of relationships ending. Useful for spotting the failure mode in real time.
Gottman · longitudinal research, 1980s onward
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Audio capture and transcription happen on your Mac. The recording, the diarization, and the live transcript stay in memory or on disk under your control.
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Nothing. We do not log your conversations. We could not recover them if you asked.