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Dani
Senior Designer
Give Hard Feedback
Your best designer keeps steamrolling teammates in reviews. Time to say it.
Medium3 levelsFree
Say the hard thing before it counts.
The feedback you keep postponing. The raise you haven't asked for. The 1:1 that is overdue. Rehearse them out loud with AI colleagues who push back, so the real conversation goes the way you planned it.
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- Out loud, the way it will really happen
- Colleagues who remember how you treated them
- Know what landed before it costs you
Dani
Senior Designer · Give Hard Feedback
00:00
Dani
Hey. You wanted to talk? I've got a review in twenty minutes, so... what's up?
The conversations you keep postponing.
The ones you rehearse in the shower and then avoid at work. The people you practice with push back like the real ones: they soften when you are specific, fair and clear, and harden when you hedge or attack. Get it wrong here, where it costs nothing.
- S
Sam
Account Manager
The Underperformer
Three months of missed follow-ups and excuses. The talk you keep postponing.
Hard3 levels Pro - C
Cris
Analyst
Delegate It
Every task you hand off comes back to your desk. Break the boomerang.
Medium3 levels Pro - V
Vale
Marketing Analyst
The Former Peer
Three weeks ago you were equals. Now Vale jokes about your title in front of the team.
Hard3 levels Pro - A
Alex
Senior Engineer
The Tough 1:1
Your best engineer went quiet three weeks ago. Find out why before they resign.
Hard3 levels Pro - A
Andrea
Director of Sales
Say No
Your plate is full and a director from another org has “one more thing”. Hold the boundary.
Medium3 levels Pro - A
Ari
VP of Product
Push Back
The VP made a call you think is wrong. Disagree without torching the bridge.
Hard3 levels Pro - T
Taylor
Engineering Director
The Raise
You've earned it, you have the numbers. Now say it out loud.
Medium3 levels Pro - F
Fran
Product Manager
Peer Conflict
They presented your work as theirs. Address it head-on, without the drama.
Hard3 levels Pro
Ten minutes today. A calmer meeting tomorrow.
- 1
Read the brief
Walk in knowing what happened, what you need to get out of it, and what you are up against. No more improvising the opening line.
- 2
Make the call
Say it out loud to someone who interrupts, deflects and tests you. The stumbles happen here instead of in the meeting.
- 3
Get the score
Find out whether your message actually landed or you softened it into nothing, what worked, and exactly what to change next time.
Give Hard Feedback · Level 1
Dani, Senior Designer
0.0
out of 10 · pass mark 6.0
Clarity and directness
8/10
The message landed in the first minute, with Tuesday's review as the example.
Listening and empathy
7/10
You asked before you judged. You filled one silence too fast.
Dani: 5.0 → 7.2 · Neutral → Warm
The team heard about it. Sam, Cris and Alex +1.0 · Fran +0.7 · Taylor, Ari and Andrea +0.6
What worked
- Named the behavior with Tuesday's review and Priya's transfer, not “your tone”.
- Credited Dani's work before holding the line.
Next time
- You accepted “I'll try” once. Ask for one specific change and a date.
Level 2 unlocked
HR is in the loop
One office. One memory.
At work nothing happens in isolation: your reports compare notes and your manager hears things. The people you practice with all work at Northpoint and share one memory of you, so you learn to manage the room, not just the meeting.
- Every relationship has a warmth from 0 to 10. Everyone starts at 5.
- Only the notable travels. A mediocre call is not discussed in the hallway. One where you humiliated someone is.
- Rumors lose strength going up. Your reports hear far more than the VP does.
- Damage a relationship and “Clear the Air” appears with that person. It stays until you repair it, so you also practice the conversation most managers never have: the apology.
Northpoint · your conversation with Dani
Swipe sideways to see the whole office.
Talk to:
- Avoids you
- ≤ 2.5 (example 2)
- Guarded
- ≤ 4 (example 4)
- Cautious
- < 5.5 (example 5)
- Neutral
- < 7 (example 6)
- Warm
- < 8.5 (example 8)
- Trusts you
- 8.5+ (example 9)
Dani, warmth by session
0 to 10 · everyone starts at 5
View as table
| Session | Warmth | State |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5.0 | Cautious |
| 2 | 3.9 | Guarded |
| 3 | 2.9 | Guarded |
| 4 | 3.6 | Guarded |
| 5 | 4.8 | Cautious |
| 6 | 6.1 | Neutral |
| 7 | 7.4 | Warm |
| 8 | 8.7 | Trusts you |
Trust, session by session.
Trust is not a score you get once. This is Dani across eight sessions: two feedback calls that went badly, the repair, and the climb back. It is the same curve you are managing with real people, except here you can see it. Hover a point for what happened.
The Standing tab shows the same for the whole office, so you know who trusts you and who is still waiting to see, before you walk into the next meeting.
Harder never means more stubborn.
Real conversations do not get harder because people get more stubborn. They get harder because HR is now in the loop, the client already called, or the resignation is half written. Each scenario has three levels that raise the stakes, so you are ready when the easy version is no longer on the table.
Give Hard Feedback
with Dani, Senior Designer
Level 1
The scene as written
Level 2
HR is in the loop
Level 3
The public blowup
The Tough 1:1
with Alex, Senior Engineer
Level 1
The scene as written
Level 2
The clock is running
Level 3
The stay conversation
The Raise
with Taylor, Engineering Director
Level 1
The scene as written
Level 2
Collect what was promised
Level 3
The counteroffer, played honest
A coach who has read your transcripts.
Generic advice does not know your situation. This coach does: how last week's 1:1 went, what you scored and where you folded. Ask what to do before Thursday, not after. Chat, or talk it through by voice.
- Chat, unlimited on Pro
- Voice, from the same monthly minutes
Thursday I have the 1:1 with Alex. Last time was a 5.8. What do I do differently?
Last time you opened with the sprint and Alex gave you “all good” twice. Open with an observation instead: “You've been quieter in standup for three weeks. I noticed.” Then stop talking. The silence is the tool.
Want to run it once by voice before Thursday?
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Run the first scenario free, with all its levels, and see whether the score tells you something you did not know. Pro opens the other seven, the coach and the repairs.
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- Give Hard Feedback, all three levels
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- Score card after every call
- Standing: how the office sees you
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- Every scenario, every level
- Clear the Air repairs and weekly events
- 100 voice minutes a month, 150 on the yearly plan
- AI career coach, chat and voice
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Now on the App Store. Android is on its way.
Questions, answered.
Is the other person a real human?
No, and that is the point: you can be clumsy, restart, or say the thing you would never risk saying to a real colleague. Every counterpart is an AI character with a written personality, a history with you and a reason to resist. They stay in character for the whole call and soften only when you are specific, fair and clear.
What do I need to practice?
A phone, a quiet room and about ten minutes. Headphones help but are not required. Microphone access is requested the first time you start a call.
How does the score work?
After each call, the transcript is scored on the two things that decide whether a hard conversation works: clarity and directness, and listening and empathy. You get an overall mark out of 10, what worked, what to change next time and a verdict, so you stop guessing whether you were too soft or too harsh. Pass the level's mark and the next level unlocks.
What does “the office remembers” mean?
The characters all work at the same company and share one memory of you. Each relationship has a warmth score from 0 to 10. A notable conversation, good or bad, reaches the others through the grapevine, with less strength the further up it travels. Damage a relationship and a repair scenario appears with that person until you fix it.
Is my voice recorded?
Audio is processed in real time to run the conversation and is not stored. The text transcript and the score are kept in your account so you can review your progress. You can delete your account, transcripts included, from inside the app.
What is free, and what does Pro add?
Free includes Give Hard Feedback with all its levels and 10 voice minutes a month. Pro unlocks every scenario, repairs and weekly events, the career coach and 100 voice minutes a month (150 on the yearly plan), for $39.99 a year or $6.99 a month after a 7-day trial.
Can I cancel?
Yes, anytime, from your App Store or Google Play subscription settings. The stores handle billing and refunds; we only receive your subscription status.
Practice the conversation before you have it.
The meeting is already on your calendar. Ten minutes tonight beats winging it tomorrow. iPhone and Android. The first scenario is free.
Now on the App Store. Android is on its way.