Persuasion and negotiation · 30 scenesYou practice against resistance, out loud, and you get told exactly which move worked. Kari's 30 persuasion and negotiation roleplays are built around characters whose job is to say no: Mr. Soler the investor has heard a thousand pitches and interrupts, Iker from retention deploys aggressive offers and guilt when you try to cancel, Mr. Vidal the landlord reminds you there is a queue for the flat, and Teo, aged three, meets every argument with “it's mine”. Each scene has a mission and ends only when your technique earns it. The report tells you what you actually used: framing and reframing, anchoring, a contrast, a three-part list, a tactical silence, or a concession you did not need to make. These are the verbal tactics with demonstrated causal effect on perceived influence (Antonakis et al., 2011), and the persuasion and negotiation skills each have five spoken lessons that drill them one at a time.
Scene list below is the app's full persuasion and negotiation catalog as of 2026-09-12. Every scene is a live voice conversation; you speak, the character answers, and the session ends with a report.
You're facing the challenge of negotiating with a three-year-old who flat-out refuses to lend his toy.
Teo — a three-year-old who digs in with a firm shout of it's mine and runs on pure toddler logic.
Mission: Persuade the little one to share without resorting to yelling, punishments or absurd promises of prizes.
You've found the perfect flat to live in, but the rent is well above your budget.
Mr. Vidal — he's the landlord of the flat, he knows the place is really desirable and pressures you by saying he has a long waiting list of interested people.
Mission: Negotiate better rental terms for yourself without losing the chance to rent the place.
You've met with an interested buyer to sell your second-hand car.
Rafa — a very aggressive buyer who'll try to haggle the price down to the max by pointing out trivial flaws.
Mission: Maximize the final sale price by firmly defending the car's real value.
You're meeting a seller to check out a used car you're thinking of buying.
Tino — a private seller who tries to dress up the car's condition and hide any engine wear.
Mission: Spot the car's weak points and knock down the asking price using technical arguments.
You've got the chance of a lifetime to pitch your project in an express pitch to a major investor.
Tycoon Soler — an investor who's heard thousands of pitches, gets bored fast and interrupts constantly.
Mission: Use your best cards of persuasion to hook him and earn five more minutes of the meeting.
Your dad is dead set on making a wildly expensive tech purchase that you know full well he doesn't need.
Andreu — a man very proud of his own judgment who defends himself by saying he knows exactly what he's doing.
Mission: Get him to reflect so he makes an informed decision without feeling like you're questioning his authority.
You're trying to convince a very close relative to accept a tech change that'll make her life easier.
Aunt Rosa — a very endearing but incredibly stubborn woman who hides behind that's how it's always been done.
Mission: Overcome her emotional resistance by showing her, with a lot of patience, the benefits of the change.
Your best friend confesses he's seriously thinking about getting back with his ex, despite how toxic the relationship was.
Marcos — he's a friend blinded by love, he idealizes the past and won't listen to any logic about his ex.
Mission: Help him remember his own healing process and check his impulse without sounding like a preachy dad.
You want to bring up a pretty delicate concern with a close friend about his kid's behavior.
Friend — a first-time dad who's overwhelmed and extremely touchy about any criticism of his kid.
Mission: Put the topic on the table with infinite tact to help him, making sure he doesn't feel judged or attacked.
You want to adopt a pet but you've just realized your rental contract explicitly forbids it.
Mrs. Font — an old-fashioned landlady who's afraid animals will wreck her flat's furniture.
Mission: Present a solid plan of guarantees to convince your landlady to let you keep the animal.
You have to talk to your partner about a last-minute change to an important plan you'd already agreed on.
Your partner — inflexible and sees the situation in a completely opposite way to you.
Mission: Negotiate a middle-ground solution that works for both of you without the conversation ending in a fight.
You call customer service, dead set on canceling a TV subscription.
Iker — a highly trained retention rep who'll use aggressive offers and emotional guilt-trips to keep you.
Mission: Stay firm through all his offers and hooks until you hear the confirmation that your cancellation is processed.
Your mom is still glued to her old button phone and even calls you from payphones when she goes out.
Mom Montse — firmly believes modern tech is for spying on people and refuses to swap her old phone.
Mission: Get her to agree to try a modern smartphone for a full week as a trial run.
Your group chat is blowing up because you've spent two hours trying to decide where to eat tonight with no agreement.
The group (voice: Laia) — the spokesperson for a bunch of indecisive friends who shoots down restaurant suggestions without offering any of her own.
Mission: Take the reins of the conversation and get the whole group to agree on a specific place and time, fast.
You're returning a faulty speaker you got for your birthday, but you've lost the original receipt.
Shop assistant Mar — an inflexible assistant who clings strictly to the store's return policy to avoid trouble.
Mission: Get them to give you a store credit or exchange the faulty product using empathy and firmness.
You arrive with your partner at the hotel reception to celebrate your anniversary and find out there are free suites.
Receptionist Marc — a polite but lazy hotel receptionist who tends to give computer excuses to avoid handing out upgrades.
Mission: Get him to give you a free room upgrade by appealing to his goodwill and the hook of your special occasion.
You lent him 200 euros four months ago for an emergency, and since then it's just silence whenever it comes up.
Friend Biel — he has a knack for dodging any serious topic and hides behind humor to avoid the money he owes you.
Mission: Agree on a deadline and a specific repayment amount without hurting your friendship in the process.
You feel your latest exam grade doesn't reflect the effort you put in and deserves a higher mark.
Prof. Serra — a strict teacher who firmly believes in the infallibility of his initial grades.
Mission: Get him to agree to review your grade based on solid academic arguments, not complaints or pleas.
You need his technical talent on your new personal project so you can launch the first version.
Dev Arnau — completely swamped with work, whose first reaction to any proposal is that he doesn't have time.
Mission: Get him to agree to a very small, concrete first step to help out on the project this week.
You go over your accounts and realize you've spent five years paying a plan way above the market price.
Agent Vane — follows the company script to the letter and keeps repeating that you've got the best plan.
Mission: Get a real discount or a competitive counteroffer on your current plan without hanging up angry.
You end up sharing a taxi to Barajas airport with a very well-known venture capital investor.
Tomás — a pragmatic investor tired of hearing sales pitches, who's looking for a standout point, straight to it.
Mission: Get him to hand you his business card and book you a fifteen-minute meeting at his offices next week.
You want to join your local gym, but the receptionist insists on charging you fifty euros as a mandatory sign-up fee.
Patricia — a very inflexible receptionist who sticks rigidly to the club's policy to avoid any exception.
Mission: Get her to waive the sign-up fee in exchange for committing to a three-month membership.
Your kitchen remodel is two weeks behind, your home is unusable and the contractor keeps stalling.
Paco — an experienced remodeler who always has an excuse up his sleeve to justify the delays.
Mission: Get him to agree to sign a financial penalty for each extra day of delay from this Friday on.
You've spotted a designer second-hand table for three hundred euros on Wallapop, but you know one of its legs is scratched.
Víctor — a seller very proud of his furniture's worth who firmly resists lowering his asking price.
Mission: Get him to drop the table's price to two hundred euros using the transport cost and the flaw as your arguments.
You booked a non-refundable flight, but a last-minute family emergency has come up and you need to change the date.
Estela — a pretty burnt-out customer service agent who hides behind the limits of the computer system.
Mission: Get her to change your ticket date for free by appealing to your loyalty as a customer and your tough situation.
You're moving out of your rental and, since you know the landlord usually takes months to return the deposit, you want it to cover the last month.
Ramón — an extremely wary, by-the-book landlord who fears finding hidden damage after you move out.
Mission: Get him to agree to a joint inspection of the flat today and okay using the deposit as your final payment.
You've forgotten your badge for a crucial networking event and the security guard at the door won't let you in.
Antolín — a very strict security guard who follows the rules to the letter and lets no stranger through.
Mission: Get him to let you in by calling the organizer directly or finding your name on the guest list.
You're organizing a short-film festival in your town and you want the owner of the best local winery to sponsor the catering.
Julián — a traditional winemaker skeptical of digital ads who prefers the old-school promotion methods.
Mission: Convince him to put in five hundred euros of product in exchange for brand exclusivity before a young, influential crowd.
You've met with a restaurant owner who complains his place is empty midweek, but doesn't trust social media.
Manolo — an old-school, wary restaurateur who trusts only traditional word of mouth to fill his tables.
Mission: Get him to sign up for a trial of your digital marketing services worth at least three hundred euros for a month.
Your car has broken down on a dirt forest track and the insurer says they only cover recoveries on paved roads.
Raquel — an insurance operator who follows the company's guidelines to the letter and won't step outside her script.
Mission: Get her to send the tow truck right away by citing your personal safety and how close you are to a national highway.
Anchoring and framing, power without aggression, creating win-win options, tactical silence and reading the other side. Each is a spoken lesson in the Negotiation skill, and the roleplays put them under pressure with characters who hold their position.
Yes. The investor scene gives you a bored, interrupting listener and a mission to earn five more minutes. The report shows where you lost him: hedging, a monotone stretch, a sentence that trailed off, or a question you never asked.
Because persuasion without authority or logic is the purest form. Teo does not care about your arguments, so the scene forces you to work with framing, choice and tone. People find it the hardest one in the category.
30 persuasion and negotiation scenes, each with a character who reacts and a report that counts what you did. Five minutes.
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