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Scenario

When long-term collaborators become too intellectually comfortable

My research partner and I have been collaborating for five years and we've developed such an efficient working relationship that we rarely question each other's assumptions anymore. Our work is solid but predictable, and I'm starting to worry that our intellectual comfort zone is limiting what we could discover together.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional intimacy has reduced creative friction to the point where breakthrough thinking becomes unlikely.

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Aurelius works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Media — Film, TV & Digital Production?”

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