How to get the most out of being an in-house designer, especially when working as part of a larger design team, by Ted Boren.

“Compromise,” implies that someone gets something they really don’t like, but are willing to put up with. I prefer to think in terms of synergy. Working together, the whole team can come to see what is rock-bottom required, vs. nice-to-have, vs. not-really-that-important. This requires aligning to the same goals; if team members don’t have the same vision, they will naturally feel that deviation from their own vision is to some degree a failure. If we work instead toward building a common vision, then priorities start to align and most conflicts smooth out with sufficient communication.