Test Your Own Radar

Mitchell found that even experienced professionals struggled to spot predatory personalities — design a personal experiment to test how sharp your own radar actually is.

Your hypothesis

Complete this: 'If I pay close attention to ___, I will be better at spotting manipulative behaviour in professional situations.' Write a specific behaviour — not a vague quality.

One variable to change

What ONE thing will you do differently in the next two weeks? Write it. Then write what you will keep the same — the control condition that makes this a real test.

What I will change

What stays the same

Measure and predict

How will you know if your experiment is working? Name one concrete signal. Then mark where you expect to end up on the spectrum below.

No clearer than before

Significantly more aware

The result that proves you wrong

Look back at step 1. What specific result would show your hypothesis was completely wrong? Be precise — 'it didn't work' is not an answer.

The real question

Are you more afraid of discovering that someone around you fits Mitchell's clusters — or of discovering that you have missed it for a long time? Write the one word that names that feeling, then explain why that word, not another.

Why that word?

Discuss Tell your partner: what would stop you from acting on what you noticed, even if your radar was right?

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