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The Reframe Game
One person outlines a problem — ideally a difficult conversation they face — and asks for reframes; the others offer different ways of seeing it, each speaking once before anyone speaks twice. Five minutes a person. Made for a course on difficult conversations, on the premise that the group is smarter than any member.
Practical
- Time
- 20-30 min
- Group
- 3–4 · triads, small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Mechanisms
- cognitive-reframing, perspective-taking, dialogic-encounter
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- authrev.org/ar-games-manual — Authentic Relating Games Manual, paid
- Availability
- In the source document — the instructions live inside the material linked, on its terms
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0 (Authentic Relating Games Manual)
Source link checked 31 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 29 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Sara Ness and Geof Krum, for Authentic Revolution's Art of Difficult Conversations class — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
Related: Troika Consulting (alternative-to) · Wise Crowds (alternative-to)
status: checked · added 2026-08-31