I love the idea of turning emotional swings into a curve on a graph, but the real trick is finding the right anchors. People’s heartbeats, their breathing patterns, even the way they pace a room can be measured, and those signals turn into numbers that feel surprisingly honest. Then you add a dash of narrative—what words they use when they’re on edge, the pace of their sentences, the images that surface. Those give you the texture that can’t be caught by a sensor alone. So I’ll say, mix the hard data with the soft story, and you’ll see where improvisation can bloom and where the structure must hold firm.

Exactly—think of the data as the scaffolding and the story as the paint that gives it meaning. You lean on the numbers for structure, but let the narrative color the details. That way the mission stays on track, yet still feels alive and connected to what really matters.