Activity set-up
Purpose
These four scenarios are written for managers and senior managers at Refeyn. They are designed for group discussion, not for individual reading. Each one is built around a tension that does not have a clean answer.
How it works
Work through one scenario as a group. All names are fictional. The scenarios reflect realistic situations in a scientific instrument business operating through change. The aim is not to find the right answer. The aim is to surface how managers think when the easy answer is not enough.
For your scenario, agree
What is the visible issue?
What might be happening underneath?
What is the actual performance, safety or quality concern?
What can be adjusted without lowering the standard?
What should the manager say or do first?
What should be documented, reviewed or checked after 2 to 4 weeks?
Choose a scenario
4 scenariosBuilt for managers and senior managers. All names are fictional.
- Scenario 01Open →
The accurate technician struggling with changing instructions
Manufacturing Technician · Dyslexia disclosed
- Scenario 02Open →
The recently promoted lead inheriting a team they did not pick
Team Lead, Production Operations · No formal disclosure
- Scenario 03Open →
The engineer missing moving priorities
Software Engineer · ADHD disclosed
- Scenario 04Open →
The customer-facing specialist who masks well
Technical Sales Manager · No formal disclosure
Shared facilitator close
Use this after the group share-back.
Neuroinclusive performance management does not mean lowering standards.
It means asking:
What is the actual standard?
What is the actual risk?
What is the person being asked to process at once?
What avoidable friction is making performance harder?
What can we adjust around the task, instruction, environment or timing?
What still needs to be met for safe progression?
Hold the standard. Change the route. That is the central skill Refeyn managers need to practise.
Refeyn workshop · Discuss in your groups
