I’m struggling to find the right balance of team vs solo working with my partner. It seems like they want more solo time than I do but then our ideas only feel like they come from one of us or the other, not collaborative, as we have different tastes. I think this is becoming an issue to our CDs. I’m at a small shop so getting a different partner isn’t an option.

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One thing that works really well is for the both of you to do some solo thinking around ideas. Then come together to share them and collaborate on ones you both like or spark "yes, and" from either of you. This should start some ping pong brainstorming. Then you only submit ideas you've collaborated on or ideas you both liked from the others.

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i like solo work, but when i have a partner who likes to collab more they normally lead the charge about setting up check in meetings with just us to just say where we are, and tweaks normally come out of that for both our ideas. My situations a little diff tho cuz im always paired with a senior or CD (now that’s a small shop)

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