Every relationship has its own kind of "meta-communication" that establishes the level on which we communicate. And once the relationship is established, there is the need to reiterate that meta-communication message in order to maintain that level.

Like in the erotic relationship, once the relationship is established, you don’t just take it for granted. If you do, the level of the relationship goes down and then finally intimacy disappears. The relationship needs to be constantly updated.

This is true for work teams also. And the meta-communication of the team generates the spirit with which we work together. That is why planning doesn’t always function. Pre-conceived planning can’t consider the interaction that takes place within human relationships. These emotions are not programmed but influence, and at times rule, all strategies. Planning would work perfectly if human relationships were like computers. But they are not. So management of any project involving human relationship has to be elastic and has to allow re-planning. Without re-planning , no strategy is possible in human relationships.