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Scenario

How creative collectives navigate external pressure to formalize hierarchy

Our theatre company has been devising work together for three years and we've developed this beautiful collaborative process, but now we're being offered opportunities that require one of us to be 'the director' and we're all afraid that hierarchy will destroy the creative democracy we've built. None of us wants to step into that role but we also don't want to turn down the opportunities.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A democratically-minded group is confronting the tension between their internal values and external industry expectations that demand traditional power structures.

Your guide for this
Mura
Mura works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous creative traditions?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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