The Hallway Version

A peer catches the Performer in the hallway after the reorg announcement. Not a meeting. No agenda. She asks how he is actually doing with it. He gives her the version he gave the room: good change, team energized, optimistic.

She nods, and that is the end of it. He missed what she was offering. Not a question. An alliance. The reorg had rattled her too, and she went looking for one person who would say so.

The Performer has a version of himself for every room, and all of them are fine. None of them can be an ally, because allies need to know what you actually think. The move is one true sentence in the hallway.

Tomorrow: the Performer from another angle.

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