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When creative collectives develop unintended power dynamics

Our art collective started as five equals but two of us have become the de facto leaders and now every decision feels political instead of intuitive. The others defer to us but we never asked for that dynamic and it's killing the collaborative spirit we all loved.

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Leadership emerges organically but corrupts the very equality it was meant to serve.

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