Your problem-solving team has conflicting creative visions. How do you navigate towards a unified solution?

Every individual has their own way to assess the problem, and approach to solve that. A team consisting of diverse people will be able to perceive any problem in a broad spectrum allowing them to come up with an effective and efficient solution. Once each team member feels inclusive and heard, it leads to effective communication. That in turn might allow us to come up with a better solution than one we could have come up with, on our own.

A diverse team often becomes a creative team. We should embrace diversity and recognize and respect the different perspectives of individual team members. When individuals feel valued, they are more likely to contribute actively, leading to creative solutions.

Encourage open discussions where each team member can share their ideas and perspectives. Recognize the value in different viewpoints and look for common ground or complementary elements among the ideas. By appreciating and integrating diverse inputs, you can develop a unified solution that leverages the strengths of all creative visions.

One thing I have found useful in guiding teams through differing opinions is to establish clear objectives that tie directly to revenue and margin goals. By defining success in terms of specific metrics, such as: - How will this help in reducing the churn rate? - How will this reduce person hour loss? - How will it help the Click Through Rate?

Bring your team together to define the "why". Why are we doing this? What does this problem solve? give them the lighthouse they're working towards - not just "fixing this problem" but "why does this problem need to be solved? what does this do for is or the customer?" Once you have this, you can clearly define objectives to reach this, and it will unify the team - even when theres conflict getting to the end goal, it's much easier to work through those conflicts together when there's a very clear "Why".

One time at work, our marketing team had conflicting creative visions. To navigate towards a unified solution, I focused on fostering open and transparent communication. By encouraging team members to share their ideas and actively listen to each other's perspectives, we identified common goals and areas of agreement. Regular check-ins and facilitated discussions ensured everyone felt heard and valued, ultimately leading to a unified and innovative solution.

Let dialog happen! As a leader - this can sometimes feel like a waste of time... but with some guardrails your team is capable of coming to their own solutions if you give them the right space to do that. They're humans, but trust them to do their job, and give space to let them work through their own solutions to allow them to grow!

#CreativeCollaboration Workshops: Organize brainstorming sessions where team members openly share their visions. Encourage active listening and dialogue. Common Objectives: Align everyone around shared goals. Emphasize how #TeamworkWins contributes to achieving these objectives. Iterative Design: Create prototypes that blend aspects of different visions. Test and refine them iteratively. Compromise and Negotiation: Find middle ground by combining #NegotiationSkills elements. Prioritize what aligns with objectives. Remember, the end goal is a unified solution for #UnifiedVision that serves overall objectives.

Creative clashes are always good. Everyone has their own thoughts! Instead of arguing, work together. Find what you all agree on and build from there. Some tips to remember: Listen first Be respectful Be clear Support your ideas with, why and how Be open-minded