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Group Mind

The ensemble state in which an experienced team thinks and acts as a single intelligence, anticipating moves and reinforcing patterns without verbal coordination.

Known for

Canonical Del Close concept; framed in Truth in Comedy as the hallmark of an elite Harold team.
Spolin's theater games aim at a similar state but call it 'ensemble' rather than group mind.
Near-mystical framing in Close's teaching; more prosaic in modern curricula ('shared vocabulary, rehearsed edits').