Rupture & Repair
How you handle breaks in connection. Every relationship has ruptures. What matters is whether you can repair them. This is the skill of coming back after conflict without pretending it did not happen.
Tom Brady and the Gronk Confidence Catch
Rupture & Repair tracks how quickly and effectively a break in connection or trust gets addressed. When Gronkowski dropped a routine ball in practice, a small rupture formed — not in relationship, but in the shared operating trust between Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski that the ball would always stick. Brady moved the repair dial almost instantly: no dwelling, no analysis, no pep talk, just one more throw. Gronkowski caught it, the rupture closed, and as Brady noted, that single exchange held for the rest of their careers together.