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How to address creative autonomy in collaborative partnerships

My longtime collaborator and I are working on our most ambitious project yet, but they've started making creative decisions without consulting me and when I bring it up, they say they're just trying to maintain momentum. I think they're losing faith in our partnership but don't want to say it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Trust erodes when collaborative boundaries shift without acknowledgment, leaving both parties navigating unstated fears about the partnership's future.

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