The guest gathered around the food. Food was something unifying, something they all liked. But here there’s nothing to unify around.

A shared moment. You too? Me too.

To be free, and then told you are not free. To be promised but disregarded. To be Dred Scott.

The core is to feel understood. That is the core. Misalignment with that and teams are in conflict.

It’s 1812, and Britain and France are in a spat. More specifically, power hungry Napoleon has schemes to take down Britain. However he lacks the naval power to invade, so he decided to hit them where it hurt, their economy. France banned US ships from European ports if they had traded with Britain or carried…