The Next Move One situation.A clearer question. A considered next step.
A request arrives. You start agreeing before checking the time it will take. A conversation keeps replaying. An opportunity sounds promising, but accepting it would affect commitments you already care about.
You know something needs attention. You may not yet know what response makes sense.
The Next Move gives you seven guided practices for working through one real work situation. Examine what happened, question your first interpretation, consider the conditions around you, and choose a step you can carry out. Then return to what happened and update your view.
You can begin while uncertain. You do not have to change jobs, settle your whole career, or arrive with a decision already defined.
Use this when
A request or commitment needs a considered response.
You are preparing for a difficult conversation.
Conflicting expectations make it hard to know what is yours to decide.
A work, business, or creative opportunity carries significant trade-offs.
You want a practical method you can reuse.
Seven practices, grounded in your situation
Notice What Is HappeningSeparate the event, your response, and the meaning you gave it.
Define What Is Yours to DecideClarify the question, actual deadlines, and the limits of your authority.
Check the ConditionsExamine workload, resources, expectations, and available support.
Widen Your ViewConsider another explanation and check information that could affect your response.
Trace the PressureUnderstand how the situation developed using what was known at the time.
Take a Considered Next StepCompare feasible responses and plan an action with boundaries and a review point.
Learn and Use It AgainReview the result and keep a useful question or practice for next time.
Worked examples show how the exercises translate into practical responses, including situations that require another person’s cooperation.
Learning prompts that build on your thinking
Each module includes three optional ChatGPT prompts—21 across the workbook. They help you clarify your account, examine what you may be overlooking, and connect understanding to action.
Complete your own exercise first, then provide the relevant notes and circumstances. The prompts ask for missing context where needed, distinguish evidence from inference, and leave priorities and decisions with you.
Reflection questions support the same work without AI. An AI account or subscription is separate from this purchase.
What you get
One ZIP download containing:
38-page printable PDF for writing by hand.
38-page fillable PDF with editable response fields and checkboxes.
Two-page quick-start guide explaining which edition to choose, where to begin, how to save your work, and how to use the prompts.
Both workbook editions include the seven modules, practical exercises, worked examples, reflection points, continuing personal record, conversation tools, and optional prompts. Choose either edition; you do not need to complete both.
The quick-start guide links to the free Blind Spot when an initial self-check would help. The Next Move stands on its own. Decision360, The Next 10 Days, an online companion app, and personal sessions are separate.
How to begin
Download and unzip the files. Open the quick-start guide, choose your workbook edition, and bring one situation to page 2.
Follow the sequence initially. Later, return to whichever practice fits your question. Pause when a conversation, check, or action needs time away from the workbook.
What you can carry forward
A clearer account of your situation, evidence and assumptions kept distinct, and a feasible next step with a review point.
That step may be a decision, an investigation, a request for cooperation, or a deliberate pause with a reason. Some conditions require another person’s decision or wider change. The workbook helps you recognise those limits while identifying what you can do next.
Created by Thomi Sechehaye, Force For Good Studio.
Creating the conditions for better choices.
Next Move A Priorities & Action Planning Workbook
You have a direction in mind. Now work out what deserves your attention first.
Next Move helps you turn a career or business decision into a manageable action plan. Identify your immediate priorities, break larger intentions into practical tasks, and account for the time, resources, and responsibilities involved.
Create a written plan showing what to do now, what can wait, and how you will review your progress.