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Happens all the time. People are human and will gravitate towards the person that they speak to more or generally have a rapport with.
Just another reason why this industry sucks.
If you just sit back and take it, that will end up being the norm. Don't get bullied.
As annoying as this is, but also speaking as someone who leads strategy and evaluates a lot of work, it would go a long way to “pick our brain” or get a “gut check” with people outside of your immediate team.
I understand the want and need to be precious about certain ideas but as others have said objectivity doesn’t really work, it’s a game of relationships so giving more people a look into your thinking can only help if you want your ideas to live.
Not fair but it’s a relationship business. Make the cd trust your ideas as much or more. Could be by sucking up, having a shared bond or just having obviously better stuff.
Happens all the time. We used to joke about it. There was one team that made everything. It got so bad that no one was surprised that every job was awarded to them because the favoritism was so blatant. What really hurt was their work was average, if they had been better than every other team, it wouldn’t have felt so egregious. All because they used to brown nose the ECD and had a personal relationship, often sharing decks before reviews.