Space Race Quest

About this episode

Ryan discusses a risky negotiation experiment with food safety negotiators and the importance of taking bold actions.

Ryan broadcasts from a spaceship to talk about a risky experiment with EU food safety negotiators—and why the world needs more A+ attempts instead of guaranteed C+ outcomes. Episode Summary: Ryan takes you to space (sort of) to talk about a trip to Brussels, where he ran communication sessions for 60+ food standards negotiators—despite knowing nothing about food standards. Instead of playing it safe, he designed a custom negotiation game called Space Race Quest: personas with conflicting priorities, made-up planets, and real practice in listening, clarifying, and finding compromise. It could have flopped. It didn't. This episode is about the case for trying the risky thing—the work that only you can offer—instead of settling for lukewarm.

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Millar

Topics covered

• food safety
• negotiation
• risk-taking
• communication
• improv
• education

Keywords

• food standards
• negotiation game
• Space Race Quest
• communication
• risk-taking
• Brussels
• EU food safety

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EU

Books & works: Space Race Quest

Places: Brussels

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