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High-stakes conversations, with evidence

Writing on AI roleplay, manager conversations, and how teams generate scored, audit-ready proof of competence.

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Research

What makes a great AI roleplay? We did the research.

We tested the AI models underneath every roleplay platform on conversational realism, response speed, and feedback quality — then published the scores.

Read the benchmark

16 models · August 2026

  1. 1GPT-4.185
  2. 2Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite84
  3. 3GPT-5.4 Mini (none)82
10 Coaching Scenarios for Managers (Scripts)

Manager

10 Coaching Scenarios for Managers (Scripts)

Ten coaching scenarios for managers, each with a clumsy script, a skilled rewrite, and a way to practise the conversation before it is real.

Toby Sinclair
Feedback Role Play Scenarios (Scripts)

Manager

Feedback Role Play Scenarios (Scripts)

Eight feedback role play scenarios with clumsy scripts, line-by-line notes, and skilled rewrites — from praise that lands flat to grievance risk.

Toby Sinclair
8 Leadership Training Scenarios (Scripts)

Manager

8 Leadership Training Scenarios (Scripts)

Leadership training scenarios that survive the real meeting: eight conversations with scripts, plus how to run them in a workshop versus a live simulation.

Toby Sinclair
50 Workplace Roleplay Scenarios & Ideas

Manager

50 Workplace Roleplay Scenarios & Ideas

Fifty workplace roleplay scenarios and roleplay ideas across eight categories, each with the key tension named and a link to the full script.

Toby Sinclair
Feedback Frameworks Made Your Managers Worse

Manager

Feedback Frameworks Made Your Managers Worse

The most dangerous manager is the one who finished the feedback course. Why those frameworks create false confidence and worse conversations.

Toby Sinclair
How Sticky Change Used Real Talk Studio to Help 30 Leaders Build Confidence Giving Feedback to Their Bosses

Manager

How Sticky Change Used Real Talk Studio to Help 30 Leaders Build Confidence Giving Feedback to Their Bosses

How Sticky Change used AI roleplay so 30 leaders could practise giving upward feedback - the conversation most leadership programmes never rehearse.

Toby Sinclair
5 Tips for Telling an Employee They're Not Getting Promoted

Manager

5 Tips for Telling an Employee They're Not Getting Promoted

Five ways to tell an employee they are not getting promoted - the conversation most managers delay, then handle badly, then spend months regretting.

Toby Sinclair
How To Start Hard Conversations

Manager

How To Start Hard Conversations

A practical guide to starting hard workplace conversations - performance, conflict, and sensitive topics - without avoiding them until they explode.

Toby Sinclair