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DRAFT · NOT SENT

Darren · Seth · Graham / Act I / Day 02

Day 2 · Partnership Mirror

Purpose

Test whether the partners can rely on one another through equal-time, behavior-based feedback. Turn what each person hears into observable commitments, honest capacity boundaries and a practical thirty-day working agreement.

California: 06:00–10:00 PSTCape Town: 16:00–20:00 SASTDates: to be confirmed

California standard-time schedule: PST (UTC−8) / SAST (UTC+2), for dates after the 1 November 2026 clock change while PST applies. Confirm against final dates. Dinner in Cape Town / breakfast in California is protected at 18:00–18:45 SAST / 08:00–08:45 PST. Food ready at 18:00; leave the call and eat away from the screen.

End-of-session outputs — complete together

What we leave with

A named note owner captures approved points during the discussion. At the close, review this pack together, confirm agreement or record differences, check owners and deadlines, then approve and export the shared version. Not pre-work; not an advance submission.

Before this session

Arrive prepared

Bring confidential feedback and your role/capacity statement. Neutral facilitator preferred; nobody facilitates feedback about themselves.

Individual pre-work is due 48 hours before Session 1, subject to each person’s sharing approval; dates and submission location remain unconfirmed.

Open individual pre-work worksheets →
Act I / Day 0206:00–10:00 PST / 16:00–20:00 SAST · 4 hours · 15-minute break + 45-minute meal

Activities & timing

Turn honest feedback into observable commitments and realistic capacity.

Neutral facilitator preferred. Otherwise use the scripted, equal-time peer-led format. Nobody facilitates or adjudicates feedback about themselves.

06:00–06:15California · PST16:00–16:15South Africa · SAST15 minutes

Reset and feedback agreement

Confirm equal time, no interruptions and the feedback format: observable behavior → impact → one request. Separate memory, interpretation and verified fact.

06:15–07:15California · PST16:15–17:15South Africa · SAST60 minutes · first two recipients

Structured partner feedback · Round 1

Explore strengths, leadership impact, friction and specific requests. Test where each person’s leadership helped, where it created drag, and what is needed now.

Give the first two recipients 30 minutes each: 15 for feedback (7½ per other partner), 10 for clarification and 5 to reflect. January’s historical perceptions are prompts, not findings.

07:15–07:30California · PST17:15–17:30South Africa · SAST15 minutes

Off-screen break

Step away from the screen: stretch, water and personal time. No tasks, calls or workshop discussion.

07:30–08:00California · PST17:30–18:00South Africa · SAST30 minutes · third recipient

Structured partner feedback · Round 2

Give the third recipient the same 30-minute format, so each person receives equal time across both rounds. Clarify what was heard; each recipient identifies what they own, will test, or carry as unresolved.

08:00–08:45California · PST18:00–18:45South Africa · SAST45 minutes

Dinner / breakfast break

Protected dinner for Seth and Graham in Cape Town; breakfast for Darren in California. Leave the call. No working meal or required discussion; return at 18:45 SAST / 08:45 PST.

08:45–09:20California · PST18:45–19:20South Africa · SAST35 minutes

Capacity and trust conditions

Make outside commitments, realistic weekly hours, availability and communication patterns explicit. Agree what each person needs to rely on the others.

09:20–10:00California · PST19:20–20:00South Africa · SAST40 minutes

Thirty-day partner compact

Choose observable behavior experiments. Specify commitments, what improvement looks like, and review dates.