── ── Cognitive bias
Structured Communication
Most communication failure is a failure of sequence and mode — not information. The same facts in the wrong order land as noise. Six models cover the principal communication goals in professional life: RIDE (Risk-Interest-Difference-Effect, persuasion), FIRE (Fact-Interpret-Reaction-Effect, persuasion), GROW (Goal-Reality-Option-Will, coaching), SCRTV (Scene-Conflict-Reason-Tactics-Value, influence), ORER (Opinion-Reason-Example-Result, argumentation), FFC (Feeling-Fact-Contrast, praise).
How it works
Stop-rule: If you cannot fill a slot with specific, concrete content — not a category label — stop. The model reveals a gap. A model with generic slots is an outline, not a Blueprint.
1. Diagnose goal: Choose one — (a) persuade; (b) coach/solve; (c) explain and create buy-in; (d) argue logically; (e) give genuine praise. 2. Map to model: (a)→RIDE or FIRE · (b)→GROW · (c)→SCRTV · (d)→ORER · (e)→FFC. Justify the selection. 3. Fill every slot with specific content — content a third party could verify or act on. 4. Check the emotional arc — does the sequence create the intended progression? 5. Integrate resistance — address the most predictable pushback inside the structure, not deferred to "if they push back." 6. Rehearse — note deviations; each is a potential failure point.
When to use it
- user says 'they didn't get it,' 'I don't know how to bring this up,' 'the message wasn't clear,' 'how do I give feedback without sounding critical,' needs to structure a funding pitch or difficult conversation, or wants to diagnose why a previous message failed to land
When not to use it
When the decision is routine and reversible, applying a formal method costs more than it returns.
Worked example
Lincoln's Cooper Union Address (1860)
On February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln addressed approximately 1,500 people at the Cooper Union in New York. He was largely unknown to the Eastern establishment audience. His goal was to persuade Republican opinion-makers that he was a credible presidential candidate and that the Republican position on slavery's restriction in new territories was constitutionally grounded.
Install this skill (free, MIT)
npx skills add deciqAI/knowledge-skills