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How creative groups navigate changing power dynamics

Our filmmaking collective used to make decisions by genuine consensus but as we've gotten more opportunities the stakes feel higher and now every creative choice has these invisible power dynamics where some people's opinions clearly matter more than others. We haven't talked about it directly but you can feel it in every planning meeting.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Success has introduced unacknowledged hierarchies that threaten the egalitarian creative process you originally valued.

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