Story Framework

Challenge → Resolution

Identify a current business challenge, trace its origins, and recommend an actionable resolution. Useful for management consulting, internal strategy memos, and any deck where the audience needs a clear path from problem to plan.

Beat Diagram

1Hooktext-1x / text
2Dilemmatext-1x / text
3Backdroptext-1x / text
4Remedytext-1x / text
5Evidencetext-1x / text
6Motivatetext-1x / text
7Conclusiontitle / text

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OPF Config

narratives:challenge-resolution

Open Presentation Format

{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
  "name": "PPTX.gallery — narratives/challenge-resolution",
  "narrative": "challenge-resolution",
  "tags": [
    "gallery:narratives/challenge-resolution"
  ],
  "slides": [
    {
      "id": "gallery-preview-1",
      "layout": "title-slide",
      "title": "Narrative preview",
      "subtitle": "Storyline scaffolded by the \"challenge-resolution\" narrative.",
      "design": {
        "contentBox": false,
        "contentAlignment": "center",
        "titleAlignment": "center"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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Pace

10-30 minutes

7 beats

Audience Fit

executivesmanagersstakeholdersinternal-teams

Beat-by-Beat Guide

Hook

Open with a specific, visible signal of the challenge — a metric heading the wrong way, a customer story, a competitive event. The hook should make the audience nod that yes, this matters.

Instruction: Capture audience attention

Dilemma

State the challenge plainly. What is failing, who is feeling it, and why has it now risen to a level that demands a decision? The dilemma must feel real, not academic.

Instruction: Present the problem

Backdrop

Provide the context behind the dilemma: how it formed, what's been tried, what constraints exist. Just enough history that the audience trusts your diagnosis without drowning in detail.

Instruction: Provide context

Remedy

Propose the resolution. Lead with the recommendation, then sketch the approach. Be opinionated — vague remedies invite vague responses.

Instruction: Propose a solution

Evidence

Demonstrate why the remedy will work. Comparable cases, supporting data, or pilot results. Choose evidence that addresses the audience's most likely objection, not the one easiest to answer.

Instruction: Demonstrate success

Motivate

Make the case for acting now. Quantify the cost of delay and the upside of decisive action. Help the audience picture the room a quarter from now if they say yes.

Instruction: Encourage action

Conclusion

Recap the challenge, the remedy, and the specific decision you need from the audience. End with a clear ask, not a summary slide.

Instruction: Recap and end powerfully