The "Locked" Myth
The tighter the schedule, the faster it unravels once load-in starts.
Every creative team has lived this one: a perfect rundown, color-coded and timestamped, that collapses the moment the first delivery lands late or the installation runs long.
EP08 of Signals in the Noise looks at the hidden friction in “run-of-show culture.” On paper, it promises control. In reality, it punishes adaptation — the very skill that keeps live and digital productions alive.
We break down how pros rebuild flow when the plan breaks:
Why “locked” schedules slow recovery
How to reframe notes and cues as live inputs, not errors
What teams gain when they script for variance instead of precision
It’s a short, unsentimental look at how creative systems fail gracefully — and why that’s the real signal to design for.
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