The Demand
In tomorrow's pre-shift, state the one thing you want the cast to be attuned to tonight — not a task, an attunement. The table that is about to tip. The section that is running behind. The energy that is off before the shift names it. Then in the post-shift ask one question: where did we read the building correctly tonight, and where did we miss it? That question, asked on cadence, builds the shared language [Shared Pulse] requires. It doesn't build in one shift. It builds in the accumulation of shifts where the cast reflected on how they moved together.
The Work
State the one thing you want the cast attuned to tonight — not a task, an attunement:
In tomorrow's pre-shift, what specifically will you say to set that attunement?
After the shift, ask the cast: where did we read the building correctly tonight?
Where did we miss it?
The shared language this builds over time — what you will ask again next shift to keep building it:
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