From 1ab78f0c7678684bf9642dfba4d9baca2d4781da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Victory Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:20:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Reframe drama/empowerment model (not a workshop) + separate triangles + add IP attribution + above/below-the-line graphic - Reframe: card tags Workshop/Flagship -> 'A shared lens' / 'The core shift'; diagram intro now 'not a workshop you sit through - a lens for the room'. - Separate the two triangles: drama points DOWN (Persecutor/Rescuer/Victim), empowerment points UP (Creator/Challenger/Coach), with a 'the shift' arrow + role-mapping legend (Victim->Creator, Persecutor->Challenger, Rescuer->Coach). - Proper IP attribution: Karpman (1968) for the Drama Triangle; David Emerald (TED*) for the Empowerment Dynamic; Conscious Leadership Group for above/below. - New 'above / below the line' teaching graphic with its own section + credit. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 --- index.html | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ style.css | 8 +++++ 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 26518db..1fafafd 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -115,13 +115,13 @@

The kind you can use in a hallway conversation, not just a workshop.

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Workshop · half-day

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A shared lens

A shared language

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.

A shared, plain-spoken way to handle friction.

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Flagship program

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The core shift

Breaking the blame game

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.

Stop the blame cycles that stall every change.

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From the drama triangle to the empowerment dynamic

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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

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 interlocking triangles. The grey downward triangle is the drama triangle: Persecutor (top left), Rescuer (top right) and Victim (bottom). The amber upward triangle is the empowerment dynamic: Creator (top), Challenger (bottom left) and Coach (bottom right). Dashed arrows show each drama role shifting to its empowered counterpart: Victim to Creator, Persecutor to Challenger, Rescuer to Coach. - - - - - - + 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 - CREATOR - responsible · visionary - CHALLENGER - accountable · assertive - COACH - supportive · encouraging - PERSECUTOR - blaming · “I'm right” - RESCUER - fixing others · “I'm good” - VICTIM - powerless · “I'm blameless” + 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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