From 13625a8db0cd3033c98f492af0576794951c468e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Victory Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:10:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Remove above-the-line / drama-triangle framework material (Inga's review) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Inga's feedback: the framework focus is too much to give away on the site — it belongs in a live session/workshop. Removed both dedicated diagram sections (above/below the line graphic; drama->empowerment triangles) and their IP-attribution credits. Reworded the two "How we work" cards to drop the named models, keeping the plain-language value. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 --- index.html | 73 ++---------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 642f836..cb0096a 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -117,13 +117,13 @@

A shared lens

A shared language

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In any tense moment, you're either above the line — open, curious, willing to learn — or below it — closed, defensive, out to be right. Once a team can name where they are, the hard conversations get easier overnight.

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When a conversation gets tense, people are either open and curious or closed and out to be right — and most teams have no shared way to name which is happening. We give them one. Once a team can name it, the hard conversations get easier instead of louder.

A shared, plain-spoken way to handle friction.

The core shift

Breaking the blame game

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Every shop runs the drama triangle: someone stuck as the victim, someone persecuting and blaming, someone rescuing and burning out. It kills change. We move people into the empowered version — a creator who owns the outcome, a challenger who calls it straight, a coach who builds others up.

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Under pressure, shops fall into blame: someone stuck feeling powerless, someone doing the blaming, someone forever swooping in to rescue — and burning out. It quietly kills change. We move people out of that cycle and into owning the outcome together.

Stop the blame cycles that stall every change.

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Where it starts

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Above the line, or below it?

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Every hard conversation starts here. In any tense moment you're either open and curious — or closed and out to be right. Naming where you're standing is half the work.

- - Above and below the line - A horizontal line divides two states. Above the line: open, curious, willing to learn — a “by me” stance. Below the line: closed, defensive, out to be right — a “to me” stance. - - - - ABOVE THE LINE - Open · curious · willing to learn - “by me” — I can shape what happens here - - - THE LINE - BELOW THE LINE - Closed · defensive · out to be right - “to me” — this is happening to me - - -

The “above / below the line” model is from The Conscious Leadership Group — Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman & Kaley Warner Klemp, The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership (2014).

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The pattern underneath

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From drama to empowerment.

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Not a workshop you sit through — a lens for what's happening in the room. Under pressure, people fall into three roles that stall change. The work is moving them into the three that carry it.

- - From the drama triangle to the empowerment dynamic - Two separate triangles. On the left the drama triangle points down: Persecutor and Rescuer at the top corners, Victim at the bottom point. On the right the empowerment dynamic points up: Creator at the top point, Challenger and Coach at the bottom corners. An arrow between them marks the shift: Victim becomes Creator, Persecutor becomes Challenger, Rescuer becomes Coach. - THE DRAMA TRIANGLE - THE EMPOWERMENT DYNAMIC - - - - - - - - - THE SHIFT - - PERSECUTOR - blaming · “I'm right” - RESCUER - rescuing · “I'm good” - VICTIM - powerless · “I'm blameless” - CREATOR - responsible · visionary - CHALLENGER - accountable · assertive - COACH - supportive · encouraging - - -
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The Drama Triangle is the work of Dr. Stephen Karpman (1968). The Empowerment Dynamic (TED*) is the work of David Emerald.

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Who we are