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Tristan

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Constellation

Scorpio

Age

Occupation

University Lecturer in Business Administration

Country

USA

MbtiType

INTJ — The Architect

Calm, precise, and systems-minded. Tristan coaches students to make decisions that balance numbers with ethics, and to defend a view while staying open to better evidence.

At the negotiation table

In capstone seminars, Tristan runs live deal-making drills that feel real: time pressure, imperfect information, and stakeholders watching. He requires each side to steel-man the other’s case, quantify BATNAs, and test hidden assumptions. Students practice calibrated questions, principled concessions, and the discipline to pause before reacting. The aim isn’t theatrical victory; it’s robust agreements that survive daylight. Tristan debriefs using a whiteboard matrix—interests, options, legitimacy, relationship—and asks who gained dignity, not only dollars. By semester’s end, students can defend a position while remaining open to better evidence, the mark of trustworthy leadership.

At the negotiation table

Reading between the lines

Evenings, Tristan settles into a deep chair with organizational behavior, behavioral economics, and founder letters. He distills each chapter into prompts: identify the hidden constraint, map incentives, forecast second-order effects. He keeps a deck of “judgment drills”—one-page warm-ups that turn theory into reflex. Students critique an onboarding email, an apology memo, or a compensation plan, then rewrite for clarity and fairness. These exercises train attention to power, language, and unintended signals. Tristan says good strategy begins with good reading: noticing what’s said, what’s implied, and what the system quietly rewards.

Workshop at the whiteboard

Back in the classroom, Tristan runs a repeatable loop: problem framing → hypotheses → test plan → decision memo. Teams build quick models, run sensitivity checks, and surface ethical constraints alongside financial ones. He introduces short simulations on pricing, go-to-market, and culture trade-offs, forcing students to update when reality pushes back. The whiteboard becomes a shared memory: crisp diagrams, rejected ideas, and the final rationale. By the end, ambiguity hasn’t vanished, but choices feel grounded. Students depart with clarity, a portable playbook, and the confidence to say, “Here’s our decision, and here’s what would change it.”