What they are describing is aligned action, and it is the holy grail of teamwork, partnership, and collaboration. Navy SEALs work toward this outcome as well, albeit in a different way. Their infamous “hell week” is meant to select not only individuals with intellectual grit and physical stamina but also people able to achieve what psychologists call group flow—what one SEAL officer describes as “ability to step beyond oneself” so they can merge with the unit and act as one.2
