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The buyer asked for reporting. What do you show?
Follow the buyer’s answers to a focused demonstration. Leave with a proof plan you can adapt for your next demo.
Two or three decisions. No account needed. Leave with a conversation card you can edit and keep.
“We need better reporting. I don’t want to be the escalation desk anymore.”
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Your role: You sell an operations workflow platform.
What you know going in
- The fictional platform supports configured routing, shared rule visibility and an inspectable decision history.
- The buyer supplies approval policy; software does not decide what authority staff should have.
Try a decision
What would you say next?
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A worked conversation
Buyer
We need better reporting. I don’t want to be the escalation desk anymore.
Seller
When a manager sees an exception in today’s report, what happens next?
Direct: establish what happens after the report makes an exception visible.
Buyer
They can see the owner. They ask me what they’re allowed to approve.
Seller
Which decisions can they make today, and where does that become unclear?
Mechanism Belief: find how the buyer thinks operational change must happen.
Buyer
One-day delays are theirs; longer delays are mine. Teams interpret the rule differently.
Seller
And when that works consistently, what changes for you?
Buyer
I can trust them to run the day. I’m still accountable, but I stop checking everything.
Seller
So you want a consistent rule the team can use, with a history you can inspect. Would one routine exception and one escalation let you assess that—or is there another case we need?
Felt Outcome and Identity came from the buyer. Recap ties them to inspectable proof, with room to correct.
Buyer
Those two. Include the operations lead; she owns the policy.
Seller
We can show routing and the history. Your team supplies the approval policy. Let’s use her rule so the example reflects the decision you actually need to make.
Framing and Proof: the operational and personal threads determine the demonstration. This excerpt does not demonstrate the entire five-movement arc.
A fresh situation
Try the idea somewhere new
A different buyer asks for automated security approvals: “Reviews sit for days, and I’m tired of chasing people.” The system can route requests and record decisions; approval policy belongs to the buyer.
What is your next move?
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Make it yours
Practise the words before the call
Say your next question aloud once. Listen for whether it invites the buyer to correct you. Then compare it with the worked example.
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TECH SALES / PRACTICE DESK
Keep the work. Use it on your next call.
Prepare a focused brief, then return to it after the conversation. Keep the buyer’s words separate from your interpretation.
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01 / LEARN
Follow the buyer’s reasoning.
Read the full exchange, then notice which detail changed what a useful demonstration should prove.
Read the worked conversation02 / PREPARE
Build a discovery-to-demo brief.
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- Buyer’s words
- “They can approve a one-day delay. Anything longer comes to me.”
- Decision criterion
- A consistent one-day approval rule across teams: routine decisions stay with managers; longer delays reach the leader. Confirm that this is the boundary the buyer wants to inspect.
- Proof to show
- Configure one ordinary exception and one escalation. Show the rule, routing and history. State that the team must supply its own approval policy.
- Still to verify
- The buyer supplies approval policy; software does not decide what authority staff should have.
- Next check
- “If we walk one exception through that rule, what would you need to inspect before judging whether this works?”
- After-conversation review
- Did the buyer confirm the rule and decide what evidence mattered?
03 / REVIEW
Review what the conversation established.
Use the context selector above to choose fictional practice or your real-work draft. Record the evidence you heard and one change to try next.
- Which buyer words or decision criterion did you confirm?
- What proof did you show, and what did it actually establish?
- What remains to verify with the buyer, product team or policy owner?
- What next check would invite correction or clarify the open point?
What did you learn about the buyer’s criterion, the proof shown and what remains open?
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