Experiment
Negotiate a 30-day trial with a written scope, review date, and exit path before accepting the permanent role.
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Protocol_01: Decision report
EXAMPLE_MODE
Illustrative scenario: compare a high-growth role with staying in a stable position.
Clarity
68
0–100
Conflict
47
higher = more internal conflict
Risk
56
higher = more downside
Response-data support
72
coverage + agreement · not probability
Current direction
A 30-day, reversible trial of the higher-growth role currently leads as the next test. This working direction summarizes the illustrative customer’s self-reported signals; it is not an objective ranking of the options.
- • The response set favors growth and autonomy, but it does not support treating the new role as an all-or-nothing decision.
- • Risk is elevated mainly because the downside feels difficult to reverse; a written trial scope and exit condition reduce that specific concern.
- • Internal conflict is moderate: the preference for growth competes with a real need for stability rather than with simple indecision.
- • Reported regret leans toward inaction, but that signal is used only to choose what to test—not as proof that the new role will be better.
- • Perceived control is sufficient for a small experiment, while a permanent commitment would outrun the current self-reported evidence.
Risks & mitigations
The trial could quietly become a permanent commitment before the evidence is reviewed.
Mitigation: Agree on a review date, success criteria, and an explicit exit path before the trial begins.
Excitement about growth may underweight workload and recovery costs.
Mitigation: Track energy, learning, and role fit twice per week using the same 0–10 scale and review the trend, not one intense day.
External approval may make the attractive option look more aligned than it feels in practice.
Mitigation: Write your own winning condition before seeking more opinions, then judge feedback against that criterion.
Next steps
- 1.Within 24 hours: write the three conditions that would make the trial worth continuing.
- 2.Within 48 hours: ask whether a 30-day trial, phased scope, or delayed start is available.
- 3.Before accepting: define the financial, workload, and relationship limits that cannot be crossed.
- 4.During the trial: record energy, learning, and actual control twice per week.
- 5.On the review date: compare the observed data with the original winning conditions before extending the commitment.
Contradictions & sensitivity
Detected contradictions
- • You prioritize rapid growth while reporting only moderate tolerance for downside. The working direction therefore emphasizes learning without requiring maximum exposure.
- • You value autonomy, yet part of the appeal appears linked to how the opportunity may be perceived by others. Keep those criteria separate.
What would change this result?
- • Evidence that the trial cannot be made genuinely reversible would weaken the working direction.
- • A material decline in health, family capacity, or financial buffer would increase the value of the stable option.
- • A trial showing consistently lower energy, learning, or role fit than the current position should reverse the working direction.
- • A clearer alternative that meets the same growth criterion with less downside would require a fresh comparison.
Decision sprint
Measure
Score energy, learning, control, and downside twice per week; record one piece of counter-evidence each time.
Success signal
The trial improves learning and role fit without crossing the workload or financial boundary.
Stop rule
End or redesign the trial if the agreed exit path disappears or workload crosses the written limit twice.
Decision contract
Winning condition: the trial produces repeatable growth and autonomy without violating the protected workload boundary.
Reopen only when: trial evidence, obligations, health, finances, or a stated criterion materially changes.
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