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@itspatmorgan 🤝

@handfuloflight 🫡

@itspatmorgan Absolutely, also equally valuable for agency roles.

@AlexCristache Strong allies are helpful no matter the context.

@itspatmorgan That’s how I’ve always done it. It helps especially to have engineering on board

@ashteriyaki A very strong ally

@itspatmorgan *and legal & compliance

@cgtboiler true. certainly a powerful ally.

@itspatmorgan Also any customer facing teams like delivery and support 💡.

@TaraUrso Totally! I guess I was thinking of those as under sales in my mind since they tended to roll up into that org at some level at the enterprise startups I worked for.

@itspatmorgan I’ve found eng to be easy. Product is much harder.

@empathyx100 True. Design & eng are fairly natural allies. Product and design less so.

@itspatmorgan Design implementation is usually where designers' dreams go to die. Being on good terms with engineering is immensely valuable and what actually helps deliver the end result the way you imagined it.

@privetavdey 100%!

@itspatmorgan And also with growth

@fernandovife For sure!

@itspatmorgan Err this is collaboration.

@nickclement Not exactly. You can collaborate with people who aren't your allies.

@crayolapoo 100%