Challenge → Resolution

{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf-narrative/v1",
  "id": "challenge-resolution",
  "name": "Challenge → Resolution",
  "summary": "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.",
  "audienceFit": [
    "executives",
    "managers",
    "stakeholders",
    "internal-teams"
  ],
  "durationRange": {
    "minMinutes": 10,
    "maxMinutes": 30
  },
  "tags": [
    "management",
    "strategy",
    "consulting",
    "advisory"
  ],
  "beats": [
    {
      "id": "hook",
      "name": "Hook",
      "description": "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.",
      "instructions": "Capture audience attention",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "dilemma",
      "name": "Dilemma",
      "description": "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.",
      "instructions": "Present the problem",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "backdrop",
      "name": "Backdrop",
      "description": "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.",
      "instructions": "Provide context",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "remedy",
      "name": "Remedy",
      "description": "Propose the resolution. Lead with the recommendation, then sketch the approach. Be opinionated — vague remedies invite vague responses.",
      "instructions": "Propose a solution",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "evidence",
      "name": "Evidence",
      "description": "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.",
      "instructions": "Demonstrate success",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "motivate",
      "name": "Motivate",
      "description": "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.",
      "instructions": "Encourage action",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "conclusion",
      "name": "Conclusion",
      "description": "Recap the challenge, the remedy, and the specific decision you need from the audience. End with a clear ask, not a summary slide.",
      "layoutHint": "title-left",
      "instructions": "Recap and end powerfully",
      "slideType": "text"
    }
  ]
}