Borrowed Instinct: The Interaction Cards

68 cards. 12 natural mechanisms. A completely different conversation about business.

What happens when you take the intelligence of nature, put it on the table, and invite a group of people to challenge how they work?

The Borrowed Instinct Interaction Cards turn the ideas from Inji Borai's book into an engaging, thought-provoking group experience.

Designed for leadership teams, workshops, strategy sessions, and curious minds, this printable 68-card deck uses questions, reflections, scenarios, and decision challenges to explore the hidden mechanisms behind organizational performance.

Forget another meeting full of predictable answers. These cards are designed to start the conversations your team isn't having yet.

What's inside?

• 68 printable cards built around the twelve mechanisms in Borrowed Instinct.
• Questions and reflections that challenge assumptions about leadership, collaboration, and decision-making.
• Realistic scenarios that bring abstract organizational challenges into focus.
• Decision challenges that push participants beyond theory and into practical trade-offs.
• Wild cards that introduce unexpected twists and challenge conventional thinking.
• Four mechanism-family introduction cards to help participants navigate the deck.

How to use them

Designed for groups of 4–8 participants in facilitated sessions lasting approximately 45–60 minutes.

Choose a mechanism, draw a card, discuss the challenge, and explore what it reveals about your organization.

The objective isn't to find the perfect answer. It's to uncover better questions, sharper insights, and up to three practical experiments your team can take forward.

Perfect for

Leadership offsites, team development workshops, strategy retreats, consulting engagements, learning sessions, or simply making your next team conversation considerably more interesting.

Not another leadership card deck. A portable laboratory for better organizational thinking.

Digital printable edition. A companion to Borrowed Instinct by Inji Borai.