I recently wrote an article about mentors and how they’re everywhere if you know where to look. One of the key points I made was that books are incredible tools and great stand-ins for real life mentors. In fact, one of my most influential mentors is someone
The world is changing. See it in my coffee. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air conditioning. Much that once was remote is lost…drawn back to the office. Whether you are the one making the policies (and doing your best to make them work)
As a leader, it’s critically important that you’re present. If your team doesn’t feel like you’re there with them, they can feel leaderless. So, how does one be truly present for their team? A lot of leaders employ passive options like having an open-door policy
I like to believe everyone that enters into our life has something to teach us. In fact, we wouldn’t be who we are without everyone that crosses our path. Some people come into our lives to teach us smaller lessons, and others play more
What makes a good villain? Is it the perfect sneer? Perhaps a penchant for monologuing? Or is it something more subtle?
People often speak about the importance of transparency in business. While it’s important to be open and honest about what’s happening in your company, I would like to make a case for translucency: sharing most things, but not everything.
What’s your leadership style? Are you more of an honorable Paragon or a ruthless Renegade? Regardless of how you play the Mass Effect games, leadership lessons abound. Every decision you make in the game can easily correlate to real-world
Having great documentation is crucial if you want to make a great video game. It’s also vital that your team is actually reading it – if they aren’t reading your documentation, they’re not making your game. Don’t get me wrong, they’re still making a game… it’s just not yours.
Our protagonist, Naofumi, gets summoned to an alternate reality where he and three others are charged with protecting the realm of Melromarc from the waves of catastrophe. Upon their arrival, King Melromarc immediately treats
Over the years I’ve seen a lot of organizations face a lot of problems, and I’m always amazed when I see them jump into blame mode versus solution-seeking mode. I’ve never seen a situation improve by finding someone to blame.
What happened to the team that kicked butt? Where did the flow go? It feels like nobody talks to each other anymore; at least in constructive ways. Everyone is guarded and suspicious. What went wrong and when?
Sound familiar?
One of my favorite things is finding and developing top talent, AKA unicorns. I’ve had the good fortune of discovering and training numerous unicorns throughout my career. Sometimes I helped prepare them for leadership roles,
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