The start of creating something collaboratively can feel a little like you’re all spinning your wheels. Like you’re just generating a whole lot of smoke and noise, and not a whole lot of forward movement.
One reason might be that the handbrake’s on.
Another reason could be that the direction’s you’re facing is being tweaked so that once you get traction, you head off down the straight and not into the stands.
The trick is knowing which is which, and not blowing out a tyre while you spin.