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# [Creative Thinking - Who are the best collaborators?](https://www.brainzooming.com/blog/creative-thinking-who-are-the-best-collaborators)

 Written by [Mike Brown](https://www.brainzooming.com/blog/author/mike-brown) | Oct 24, 2013 9:50:45 AM

Who are the [best collaborators to have on your team](https://www.brainzooming.com/work-team-dynamics-9-ways-to-signal-collaboration-opportunities/11616/) to participate in creative thinking?

You can know the best collaborators based on their actions. They:

- Are individuals you can trust and depend upon to do what they say
- Are fun, pleasant, and enjoyable to be around
- Do their homework upfront
- Are eager to work with others
- Think big while realizing details matter
- Readily generate new ideas
- Inspire new ideas in others
- Take-over or sit back, whichever one is needed (and they know when which one or the other is needed)
- Cheer others on when the collaboration is faltering
- Will readily challenge people when it will lead to a stronger outcome
- View some things similarly and some differently than you
- Are good at structuring and shaping your work
- Are willing to volunteer and actually do work that needs to get done
- Create more energy than they consume within the collaboration

What other characteristics would you add based on the best collaborators for creative thinking you have worked with in your career? – *[Mike Brown](https://www.brainzooming.com/about-brainzooming/mike-brown/)*

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