Our AI policy is a shrug wearing a lanyard
The studio has approved experimentation. Nobody has defined the experiment.
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Collaboration: a group project with better chairs
Shared ownership works better when somebody knows who is sending the file.
In the imaginary studio of perfect collaboration, ideas flow freely. In the actual calendar, two people have made the same banner and nobody has booked the printer.
Working together needs more than compatible taste. Agree how decisions move through the team. Who develops the first direction? Who gives feedback? Who has the final call when reasonable people disagree?
Leave room for people to work differently. A colleague who thinks quietly may have a better idea after the meeting; a quick verbal response is not the only form of participation. Ask for contributions in a way the team can actually use.
When you present the result, describe contributions accurately. Shared credit should make the work easier to understand, not dissolve everybody into a flattering cloud called “we.”
If a task keeps falling between roles, assign it explicitly. Do not make the most conscientious person discover it every Friday.
A good collaboration can survive an unglamorous checklist. In fact, the checklist may be what leaves you enough time to enjoy each other.
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Our agency is now a collective of people who share a spreadsheet
New structure. Same urgent question about who owns the client call.
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Your out-of-office reply needs a bouncer
A holiday is difficult to enjoy when your inbox has packed itself into your suitcase.
Office politics