Creative Team Collaboration for Stronger Projects & Partnerships

Why Creative Projects Flow Smoother When You Know Your Genius (And Respect Everyone Else’s)

Creative work feels magical when it clicks.

But behind the curtain?

It’s a complex mix of decisions, trust, pacing, personalities, and determining who should do what and when.

One of the most valuable tools I’ve found to help make sense of that is The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni.

It’s a simple framework about how we work best, how we burn out, and how to build better teams.

It helped me understand how I work, how my team works, and—honestly—why so many creative projects either soar or stall out.

This blog isn’t about a test, though.

It’s about how this kind of thinking—combined with over a decade of doing the work—has shaped who we are at JECP, how we lead our projects, and why our clients walk away saying, “That felt different. In the best way.”

We Didn’t Start Here

Back in 2011, we had big ideas and barely any clue what we were doing.

Every project was a blank page.

Every shoot was held together with grit and last-minute luck.

We’d overbuild, overcomplicate, and pray it worked out in post.

There were 18+ hour days, stressful resets, and projects where we just… didn’t get it right.

We weren’t lazy.

We just lacked the experience, confidence, and systems to move with intention.

The early years were messy, but special.

Clients bet on us anyway.

They trusted us when we didn’t fully trust ourselves yet.

And we’re still grateful for that.

From 2011 to 2015, it was all about learning the tools.

From 2015 to 2018, it was about doing great work and refining the business.

2018–now has been the long arc of clarity, process, and building something bigger than me.

We’ve grown because we stayed curious.

We kept asking questions.

We brought people in and relinquished the need to have every answer ourselves.

And that’s where the transformation happened.

I’m a control freak.

I’ll admit it.

My name’s on the line.

But that pressure is what’s made me a better builder, collaborator, and leader—for my team and for our clients.

What We Learned About Creative Team Collaboration

It’s taken over a decade of mistakes, experiments, reshoots, wins, and small breakthroughs to get to a place where we work with flow.

But here’s the magic:

The more we understood how we work, the more we could help others work better too.

Now, when clients step into a creative project with us, it doesn’t feel rushed or unclear.

It feels calm.

Energizing.

Focused.

And more often than not, they say:

“This is the first time we’ve felt aligned as a team.”“You helped us figure out more than just the video.”“I didn’t realize how off-track we were until this process helped reset us.”

That’s not a tagline.

That’s what happens when you help people speak “creative,” trust the team, and get in the right seats.

The 6 Working Geniuses (and Why They Matter)

Patrick Lencioni’s model breaks down work into three phases: Ideation, Activation, and Implementation, and identifies six types of genius:

Wonder – Asking big “what if” questions
Invention – Dreaming up new ideas and solutions
Discernment – Trusting your gut to know what will work
Galvanizing – Rallying others to move forward
Enablement – Supporting what others build
Tenacity – Finishing what you start, no matter what

We each have two geniuses, two competencies, and two frustrations.

And when you don’t know the difference?

Burnout, bottlenecks, and second-guessing run the show.

Knowing this gave me language for something I had already been feeling.

And it changed how I build my team—and how I work with yours.

How We Apply This Every Day

At JECP, we lead with Galvanizing and enablement— these are my two genius areas—pushing things forward and giving people what they need to do their best work.

We’ve built a business on:

Deep listening, not assumptions
Trust-building, not just tech specs
Curiosity over ego
Process over pressure

And we apply that to our client relationships, too.

When you hire us, you’re not just getting a video team.

You’re getting story shapers, systems thinkers, and collaborative partners who help everyone get on the same page—and stay there.

That’s how we move faster without sacrificing creativity.

It’s why our shoots feel smoother.

It’s why our clients say things like:

“It didn’t feel like we hired someone. It felt like we built something together.”

Why This Matters for Your Business

You don’t need to read a book to get the value here.

The truth is, most companies already have the ideas—they don’t have the structure to align them.

Most bands already have the story—they just haven’t named it yet.

We come in and help you:

Translate vision into visuals
Build internal buy-in across departments
See content as a system, not a one-off
Turn chaos into clarity

Because when you build teams that understand how they work, creative projects stop feeling like a gamble and start feeling like momentum.

A Final Note on Leadership

The longer I’m in this industry, the more I realize this isn’t just about video.

It’s about people.

Growth.

Energy.

We don’t just help you make something great—we help you lead it with confidence.

Whether it’s getting your sales and marketing team in the same room, empowering a bandmate to step up, or creating space for creative thinking you didn’t know you had…

That’s the transformation we care about.

And that’s the kind of work we want to keep building for years to come.

If you’re ready to rethink how work gets done and how stories get told, we’re here for it.

Let’s build better, together.