Leadership & Negotiation · Communication

DifficultEmailDraft — The Email You Have Rewritten Six Times

Practice the 4-move template (Anchor, Own, Say, Offer) for difficult professional emails. Diagnose which of five archetypes the email is, draft against the principles, then run the send protocol — all before 6 PM today.

3 rounds MBA & Masters English, Español

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About this simulation

Practice the 4-move template (Anchor, Own, Say, Offer) for difficult professional emails. Diagnose which of five archetypes the email is, draft against the principles, then run the send protocol — all before 6 PM today. A micro-simulation that turns the false-binary of likeability vs. truth into a re-usable third draft.

Who it is for

An intermediate simulation for participants who already know the core concepts of the subject, designed for master's and MBA programmes.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 3 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Archetype
  • Recipient
  • Desired outcome (pick ONE)
  • Primary fear
  • Hours overdue (since you knew you needed to send)
  • Move 1 — Anchor specificity 0 = vague preamble; 10 = names the exact thing in line one
  • Move 2 — Own your part
  • Move 4 — Offer dignity / forward motion
  • Hedging words used
  • Total word count

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • Diagnose what email this actually is
  • Diagnose the Email
  • Draft the 4 Moves
  • The Send Protocol

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Communication.

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