I play in an over-30 soccer league that’s competitive enough to care. On one team, some of the guys would chirp the one guy who was definitely the worst. 

After a few games of friction, I suggested to the captain we move him up top. 20 minutes later he was strutting down the field after scoring his SECOND goal. Ahh, system flow. You can feel it in your body. 

Two people knew why he was positioned there and he wasn’t one of them. That’s narrative systems: meaning can be held at the systems level while individuals are totally unaware.

Coherent teams play as one. When the pieces don’t fit together, no amount of individual talent compensates.