Creative Thursday: 5 Benefits of Collaborating with Others

Often working together with a partner or team is a great way to open doors and stretch your creativity.

Several reasons collaborating are beneficial:

  1. Brainstorming—when working together you’re able to bounce ideas off of one another and to brainstorm together.  You can brainstormingboth bring new ideas and slants that can be considered and discuss the pros and cons of what will work best, why and how.
  2. Networking—Collaborating with others offers networking opportunities that may not otherwise be available to you.  Your partner{s} may have contacts that you do not have and vice versa.  You never know what doors might be opened through this association.
  3. Learn New Techniques—Working together you can learn new techniques from one another.  Maybe you’ve always done things one way, but there is a simpler way or new technique you’re not aware of that your creative partner is able to share with you.
  4. Utilize Strengths—each partner may have his/her own strengths and weaknesses.  By teaming up you can draw on one another’s strengths.  Ideally, you would want to search for a partner that has a strength where you have a weakness and vice versa.
  5. Fun—collaborating together can be fun and give you the necessary socialization needed that you would not have when working alone.  This can make the craft of creating less stressful, more productive and even more creative.

What are some benefits you’ve had of collaborating with others in your creative field?