High fit

Time Zone is about meeting people where they are in their journey rather than where you are. Tom Cruise recognized that his co-stars were in a different place — newer, less certain, more likely to hold back — and rather than expecting them to match his level of confidence, he adjusted to meet them there. He didn't demand bold choices; he created the conditions for bold choices to feel possible, which is exactly what it means to operate in someone else's time zone.