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The conversations that shape careers deserve practice

30+ scenarios. Five counterparts. Three pressure levels. Fable trains you for the real, difficult conversations at work — before they happen.

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30+
Workplace Scenarios
3
Pressure Levels
5
Counterpart Personas
50
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"I spent years navigating high-stakes conversations in consulting and financial services — performance reviews, difficult clients, sensitive feedback. I wish I'd had a way to practise before the moment arrived. Fable is that practice."
— The founder of Fable, GRC Consultant & Risk Advisory Manager
What is Fable

An AI coach for the conversations most people avoid.

Real conversations — feedback, negotiations, confrontations — are rarely taught. We learn them by getting them wrong, which is expensive when careers and relationships are on the line.

Fable gives you a safe space to rehearse. Pick a scenario, choose how hard you want to be pushed — light, medium, or high pressure — and talk it through with an AI that plays the other side authentically. Get honest, specific feedback on what worked and what didn't. Then go again.

More than 30 scenarios — and more on the way. From the feedback you've been putting off to the negotiation you're dreading, there's always a conversation worth practising.

Practice the moments that matter most

Each scenario puts you in a real workplace conversation. You choose the pressure level and the AI adapts. No scripts. No easy outs.

01
🪞
Performance

Delivering Difficult Feedback

Practise giving honest performance feedback to a team member without damaging the relationship or losing the message.

02
💼
Negotiation

Salary & Compensation

Walk into compensation conversations with confidence. Practise anchoring, handling pushback, and knowing when to hold firm.

03
Leadership

Managing Up

Learn to challenge your manager's decisions, raise concerns, and influence outcomes — without burning bridges.

04
🎯
Influence

The High-Stakes Pitch

Practise presenting an idea or business case to a sceptical audience — and defending it when the questions get hard.

05
📋
High Stakes

Regulatory & Audit Pressure

Practise staying composed and clear under examiner or regulator scrutiny — built for financial services professionals.

06
💬
Redundancy

Breaking Difficult News

Whether it's a redundancy conversation, a rejected promotion, or a project cancellation — practise delivering hard news with clarity and care.

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Three steps to a better conversation

01

Pick your scenario

Choose from more than 30 real-world conversations across performance, negotiation, leadership, and more. Each one is built from lived professional experience.

02

Set your pressure level

Choose light, medium, or high pushback. The AI plays the other person — your manager, your client, your examiner — and adapts its resistance to match the challenge.

03

Get honest feedback

After each session, Fable breaks down what landed, what fell flat, and what habit to work on next. Then you go again.

Or build your own

Facing a specific conversation? Rehearse it.

With Rehearse mode, you describe the real moment you're walking into — who you're talking to, how they tend to react, and what you're worried about. Fable builds a custom simulation around your exact situation, so you can practise the real thing before it happens.

A real conversation.
Before it's real.

You pick the scenario and set the pressure. Fable plays the other person and adapts to how you respond in real time.

After each session, you get specific feedback on what worked, what fell flat, and exactly what to sharpen before the moment arrives.

🟢 Light pushback 🟠 Medium pressure 🔴 High stakes
💼 Salary & Compensation Medium pressure
Your manager
I want to be upfront — budget is tight this year. I can offer 2%. I know it's not what you were hoping for, but that's where we are.
You
I appreciate you being direct. This year I took on more than my role required, delivered every project on time, and stepped up when the team needed it. Based on that and where the market sits, I was expecting something closer to 8%.
Your manager
Who it's for

Built by a consultant.
Built for professionals.

If your career depends on how you communicate under pressure, Fable was made with you in mind.

Consultants Risk & Compliance Professionals Finance Leaders Team Managers Senior Associates Anyone navigating a difficult conversation

Trusted by professionals who have the hard conversations.

★★★★★

“Very easy to use — and genuinely helpful for the conversations you encounter at work. Fable provides step-by-step guidance for challenging situations and coaching advice along the way. It gives professionals something real to prepare with.”

Marc C.
Director, Regulatory Compliance · Mastercard
★★★★★

“The real value of Fable is not the roleplay — it’s the feedback engine. It identified my tendency to pre-justify and over-explain before getting to the point. That is the kind of feedback that can genuinely change communication habits over time.

I went in expecting a conversation simulator. What I found was a behavioural coaching tool disguised as conversation practice. More thoughtful than I expected — the quality and specificity of the feedback was the standout feature.”

Dammish A.
Internal Audit Manager · Fidelity
★★★★★

“It gets you thinking about what types of things could come up — and how you’d answer them. Going through it helped me articulate what I was going to say in the room. The feedback on what landed and what created friction was genuinely useful. I probably would have gone in saying the wrong thing. After using Fable, I knew exactly how to reframe it.”

Ethan F.
Senior Consultant · KPMG
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Professionals across audit, consulting, and compliance use Fable to prepare for their hardest conversations.

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Priced for professionals.

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A real taste of Fable. The opening scenario from every track, full AI coaching — enough to know whether this is worth your time.
  • 4 scenarios — one from each track (Audit, Consulting, Career & People Leadership)
  • All three pressure levels
  • AI feedback after every session
  • Up to 5 practice sessions a day
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The full Fable experience, month to month. No commitment — stay because it works, not because you're locked in.
  • All 30+ scenarios, with new ones added regularly
  • Rehearse mode — build your own personalised scenario for any conversation you’re facing
  • All pressure levels and full conversation depth
  • Detailed coaching feedback and session notes
  • The 30-day Storylab programme
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