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Learn from Leaders 30 min Podcast series focus on SaaS & Game industry leaders. Challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios and companies in the world have overcome them.
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Sep 14, 2023
#49: Empowering game developers culturally and technologically
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Josiah Kiehl, with a background in software engineering, started his career at Oracle, focusing on business software, before transitioning to Riot Games. There, he played a crucial role in scaling the delivery of the viral game League of Legends to a global audience, working extensively on automation and infrastructure software. After a successful stint at Riot, Josiah briefly worked at Google on large-scale distributed systems before realizing his passion for game development once again, leading him to co-found Sprocket Games.
Andrew Woo, Head of Production at Sprocket Games, began as a software engineer in financial services at companies like Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Seeking a more fulfilling path, he transitioned to game development at Obsidian Entertainment, working on titles like Neverwinter Nights 2. After continuing at Riot Games, Andrew's experience as a C++ gameplay engineer and game producer brought him valuable insights into the industry. His decision to join Sprocket Games after 15 years at Riot was motivated by the exciting opportunity and innovative project presented by the studio.
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Jul 17, 2023
#48: Why SAFe 6.0 is actually great
Guest: Carl is a Leadership/Agile Development Expert, having decades of hands-on experience as an entrepreneur, manager & leaders across a diverse range of industries. He is also as one of the global SAFe Fellows an official contributor to the SAFe Framework and one of the key people behind the Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification course.litator. The founder of leadership & agile advisory firm We Are Movement and one of the people behind the sustainability firm Naturgruppen and the biodiversity foundation Rädda En Art.
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Jul 12, 2023
#47: Internal studio leadership vs. external business leadership, a relationship in change?
Guest: Jon Lawrence has been in the games industry since 1998 after joining Bullfrog Productions. A career in games for 25 years spent at Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Natural Motion, Digit Games studios, and now at Tencent games. Have managed a mixture of internal and external projects on PC, Console, and mobile and worked on many successful titles, including Harry Potter, Formula 1, Need For Speed, and Crysis. Now part of the Nexus team based out of Liverpool and working with 5 second party studios, Inflexion, Sumo, Splash Damage, Sharkmob, and Tequila Works.
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Jun 15, 2023
#46: Servant Leadership and collaborative project management for AAA games
Guest: Alan McDairmant is Head of Studio Operations at Fuse Games, a former member of the Criterion studio leadership team, worked for EA for over 17 years as a leader on the Need For Speed games. He moved into leadership project management roles quickly and has always embraced a collaborative, servant leadership approach to working with teams to help enable people and projects achieve their goals.
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May 30, 2023
#45: Investing in uncertain times and the changes within VC industry
Guest: Carl is a battle-scarred entrepreneur and investor who has seen many sides of the tech ecosystem. He runs Creandum’s San Francisco office and invests across consumer internet, and b2b software. Carl started his career in management consulting and went on to co-found the digital ad network AdProfit, bootstrapping the business into one of the leading digital channels for b2b advertising in the Nordics. Following this, he co-founded Wrapp, a consumer gifting app that became a portfolio company of Creandum, Greylock and Atomico, where Carl was responsible for scaling the company internationally across 18 markets.
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May 30, 2023
#44: The future of monetization in the Game industry
Guest: Teis Mikkelsen is the CEO and Co-founder of Multiscription. He has a passion for the mobile games industry, and it shines through his 15 years of experience managing games and digital product development. Teis and his co-founder Martin got the idea for Multiscription from experiencing both sides of the subscription model: the problem and the solution side. They started the company in December of 2018, and it has seen tremendous growth ever since.
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May 30, 2023
#43: The future of management in the Game industry. Part 2
What will the future of management in the games industry look like? What is changing, and how it affects culture and management? Tune in to hear the thoughts of two inspiring industry leaders.Guest: For the past 18 years, Zoë Curnoe has held production positions at a range of companies that include working with artists in the Canadian Rocky Mountains at the Banff Centre, as well as working with smaller independent companies and large powerhouses, such as Riot Games and Electronic Arts. In 2021, she left her role as Production Director of the Story Campaign for the massively popular Gears of War franchise at The Coalition to found Timbre Games, where she took on the role of Studio Director.Guest: Kevin Johnson is a Game Producer with over 14 years of management experience and 3 years of design experience working on high-profile AAA console and PC titles as well as premium mobile titles.
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May 30, 2023
#42: The future of management in the Game industry. Part 1
What will the future of management in the games industry look like? What is changing, and how it affects culture and management? Tune in to hear the thoughts of two inspiring industry leaders.
Guest: For the past 18 years, Zoë Curnoe has held production positions at a range of companies that include working with artists in the Canadian Rocky Mountains at the Banff Centre, as well as working with smaller independent companies and large powerhouses, such as Riot Games and Electronic Arts. In 2021, she left her role as Production Director of the Story Campaign for the massively popular Gears of War franchise at The Coalition to found Timbre Games, where she took on the role of Studio Director.
Guest: Kevin Johnson is a Game Producer with over 14 years of management experience and 3 years of design experience working on high-profile AAA console and PC titles as well as premium mobile titles.
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Apr 27, 2023
#41: Leading Cloud-Native Gaming into the Future
For Antti Sartanen, CEO of Return Entertainment, part of the charm is solving problems nobody has touched before. With that mindset, he’s stepping out to the gaming frontier and aims to make cloud-native gaming accessible. In this episode, Patric and Antti discussed the differences between cloud gaming and cloud-native gaming, the prospects of the latter, as well as democratizing gaming and handling uncertainty. Tune in to also hear their thoughts on Stadia's flop and Nordic companies’ key to success.
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Apr 13, 2023
#40: Asynchronous Collaboration and Culture Done Right
Game Production Leader Frank Fay stayed with us for another podcast episode, where we discussed the benefits of async work and building a remote team culture. Being forced to be “always online” and respond immediately to your distributed teams leads to undesired multitasking, decreased productivity, and increased stress, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Tune in to hear Frank’s take on meetings, daily standups, retrospectives, and involving executives. It’s all about being more effective at work without becoming inhumane and cutting off all connections.
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Mar 27, 2023
#39: Avoid Burnout in a Fast-Growing Game Studio
In this episode, we look beyond game development and explore the ever-present issue of burnout with Frank Fay. Having worked in the video game industry for three decades, Frank understands the challenges of stress, crunch, and maintaining a work-life balance. “When someone has burnout, it’s already too late,” he says and shares his checklist of what employees and managers can do to avoid it.
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Mar 13, 2023
#38: Tips for Better Game Productions
In this episode, gaming industry executive and entrepreneur Brian Graham joined us to discuss best practices around game production. Having brought over 40 Game SKUs to market, he certainly knows the drill. He shares his tips on getting more productive, overcoming common frustrations, embracing failures, as well as managing investor expectations. "Make sure you're scheduling unscheduled time" and be ready for pivoting, says Brian referring to the fact that the gaming market is constantly changing. His industry insights will be inspiring for battle-tested and junior producers alike.
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Feb 23, 2023
#37: Tech Investing in Times of Uncertainty. The Angel Perspective.
In this episode, Viktor Nyblom, CTO at Baby Journey and angel investor, talks about the current investment climate and the challenges startups face at each growth stage. He also shares his thoughts on what he looks for when choosing to invest in startups, especially in the B2B space. “I need to see that founders are enough of a 'hustler' to get something out in the world,” says Viktor.
If you're an entrepreneur or a startup founder, tune in to this episode to learn more about how to get investors' attention and what to watch out for when scaling your startup.
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Feb 9, 2023
#36: Managing Objectives in SaaS: From Team to Investor View
In this episode, we invited Hannah Meiton, Co-Founder & Partner at Ampli Ventures, to join us and share her insights both from an investor's and a team member's point of view. This time we talk about the trends in SaaS and what growing pains companies should be ready to face. Hannah also shares some good indicative metrics that she has found useful in her career and how to align objectives between the team and board members.
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Jan 29, 2023
#35: Christina Seelye: How to Use Our Gamer Skills as Creators and Leaders
In this episode, we invited Christina Seelye, CEO of Zordix AB, as well as founder and CEO of video game publishers Maximum Games and Modus Games, and development team Modus Studios, to join us and share her views on changing teams' mindsets towards work and how to approach it with a "gamer's lens." If you're on a quest to find new ways to empower your team, tune in to the podcast!
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Jan 29, 2023
#34: Adrian Goersch: Taking Steps Toward Team Empowerment
Adrian is the co-founder and CEO of Black Forest Games, joined us to talk about team empowerment and how he discovered its best practices. “We’re on a journey now; we’re not there yet. But I would do this earlier next time.“
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Jan 11, 2023
#33: Ola Sars: 5 Learnings from SaaS in Music Tech
Ola Sars joined us for a great talk about his insights from the music-tech space. Ola shares how Soundtrack Your Brand helps customers do better business with their customers and why music is often undervalued.
Our guest talks about the learnings and failures in his career and the best tips on scaling your organization: "all teams need to own customer-based KPIs as well. When you get all engineering teams feeling like they’re part of driving actual revenue, rather than thinking they're just a coder, it's an amazing feeling."
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Dec 15, 2022
#32: Patrick LaBine: LiveOps and Avoiding Crisis Driven Development
Patrick LaBine joined us for the fifth episode of Learn from Leaders. He talked about how working in small, achievable increments of value helps drive productivity. "We keep the metrics very light. We try to be outcome-based," says Patrick.
Listen to the full episode and hear tips on how to challenge your team, engage with them and show the right kind of support.
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Nov 11, 2022
#31: Kasper Larsson: Learnings from Creating World Leading Products. Excellence and Culture
Kasper has joined us to talk about the lessons he has learned when creating world-leading products. "You need to treat people the way they want to be treated, so you get the most out of them, " he says, mentioning that this perception has helped him when working in a team.
Kasper also discusses the importance of trust, creating a safe space, and working with passionate people. Listen to the full episode and don't forget to take notes!
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Oct 20, 2022
#30: John Elvesjö: What Makes a Good Investor?
John Elvesjö, Managing Partner at node.vc shares his tips on picking the right investors for your company: “I see it more as choosing a partner than choosing an investor.” John talks about why it’s important to share the agenda with your investors but to keep in mind that you’re still going to do most of the work yourself. Listen for more tips!
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Oct 7, 2022
#29: Jenny Muhlwa: Remote Working in a High Performing Tech Company
In this episode of Learn from Leaders, Jenny Muhlwa has joined us to share her experience on how working remotely has changed her day-to-day life.
As people are now working in many different ways, from many different places, it is essential to realize that there's no right way to do your job. We should use that to our advantage. How can introverts and extroverts work well together in the same space? How can you get the most out of working from home? Listen to the full podcast and find out.
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Sep 15, 2022
#28: Markus Halttunen: Building a Culture of Success at Small Giant Games
For the first episode of season 3 we invited Markus Halttunen to join us and tell us more about his experience of building a successful culture.
“The team members are the experts, so the decisions should be made by them, and not the managers. The processes should never get in the way of actually getting things done,” says Markus. Markus shares why having junior people on the team is beneficial for everyone, and how Small Giant Games ensure the values they have are reflected in the organization.
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Sep 8, 2022
#27: Mark Kyle: Organizing Complex Events Better. Learnings from Film Festivals.
During the fifteenth episode of Season 2, Mark Kyle joins Patric Palm to discuss events, and how to organize them better, whether it's a company get-together or a global film festival. Mark talks about why digitalization is not only about being able to be more flexible and work from home but to increase productivity.
Throughout his career, Mark has brought agility and creativity to an impressive range of industries, from game development to ski resort maintenance to film festivals, and has led small and large teams. Mark has held former executive-level and consulting roles at EA Sports, LucasArts, and Vail Resorts and is a process efficiency guru currently utilizing Favro on a variety of projects to influence positive global change and climate science awareness.
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Aug 16, 2022
#26: Martin Tilo Schmitz and Jinnapat Mind Indrapiromkul: The Collaborative Team Player of Tomorrow
During this episode, Patric Palm together with Martin and Mind discuss the idea behind RHoK, a hackathon that helps non-profit organizations. Both Martin and Mind were voted as Best Collaborators, and in this podcast, they talk about what it means to be a collaborative team player and how to achieve it. There’s often a tendency to rush too quickly into the how, when there’s often more work thinking about the why. Listen to the episode and find tips on how to create a more collaborative environment within your team to achieve better results.
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Jul 20, 2022
#25: Joe Nickolls: Secrets to Building a Company Culture of Fun While Making Fun Customers' Experiences
During the thirteenth season 2 episode, Patric Palm together with Joe Nickolls share the secrets to building a company culture of fun while making fun customers’ experiences. Joe is committed to building Timbre into a new kind of studio for Vancouver, with a team of some of the best leaders in the industry. Timbre’s focus being diversity, inclusion, and equity for all.
Learn from Leaders is a 30 min Podcast 🎙️ series that focuses on SaaS & Game industry leaders, challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios and companies in the world have overcome them.
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Jul 11, 2022
#24: Brian Graham: Do’s and don’ts of building a foundation for developing great games
During the twelfth Season 2 episode, Patric Palm together with Brian Graham discuss the do’s and don’ts of building a sustainable foundation for developing great games, and how things in production management have changed over the last 15 years. Brian has been in the gaming industry for over 20 years and shares his experience of using agile methods and creating team autonomy.
Learn from Leaders is a 30 min Podcast 🎙️ series that focuses on SaaS & Game industry leaders, challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios and companies in the world have overcome them.
Visit 👉 https://favro.com and learn the best collaborative planning, business agility, working-from-anywhere, project management, culture & leadership, practices.
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Jul 5, 2022
#23: Tommy Palm: Scaling a VC Backed Studio From 2 to 10 Games in Development
During the eleventh Season 2 episode, Patric Palm interviews Tommy Palm, CEO and founder of Resolution Games, and discusses the fundamentals of scaling a VC-backed studio from 2 to 10 games in development. Listen to the tough realizations Tommy has come to while working in the industry and how it has helped him pick the right talent for his teams for maximum growth.
Learn from Leaders is a 30 min Podcast 🎙️ series that focuses on SaaS & Game industry leaders, challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios and companies in the world have overcome them.
Visit 👉 https://favro.com and learn the best collaborative planning, business agility, working-from-anywhere, project management, culture & leadership, practices.
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Jun 17, 2022
#22: Martina Johannesson & Jarūnė Preikšaitė: Boosting Women in Tech
During the tenth Season 2 episode, Patric Palm interviews Martina Johannesson, Co-Founder of Random Hacks of Kindness CPH, and Jarūnė Preikšaitė, Chairwoman at Women Go Tech and Chief Marketing Officer at Favro.
With a passion for inclusion in tech, Martina Johannesson has been an active contributor to the Nordic tech startup scene since the age of 16. Commonly seen moderating discussions on access to venture capital for female entrepreneurs, her most recent testament to her passion for impact-tech is the organization Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) Copenhagen. RHoK recently held their first hackathon weekend, addressing real digital problems of NGOs by applying local tech talent.
Jarūnė always wanted to try as many things as possible. Studying two subjects at university simultaneously, leading youth organization AIESEC Lithuania, doing an internship at a business consultancy company, etc. Jarūnė understood that communication is what unites and is the most exciting part for h…
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May 25, 2022
#21: Ryan Snyder: Not All Producers Are Cut From the Same Cloth
During the ninth Season 2 episode, Patric Palm interviews Ryan Snyder, Head of Production at Kongregate Studio.
Before joining Kongregate in the summer of 2021, he also held production and management positions at Iron Galaxy, Phosphor Games, and Disney - Wideload. Ryan has been in production and development for over 17 years, getting his start in audio engineering and TV production on the X-Games before moving fully into game development and production.
Learn from Leaders 30 min Podcast 🎙️ series focus on SaaS & Game industry leaders. Challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios and companies in the world have overcome them.
Visit 👉 https://favro.com and learn the best collaborative planning, business agility, working-from-anywhere, project management, culture & leadership, practices.
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May 3, 2022
#20: Kevin Johnson: Productivity, Creativity, Inclusion—Friends or Foes?
During the eighth Season 2 episode, Patric Palm interviews Kevin Johnson, Director of Development at Double Fine Productions.
Kevin began his career in Production at Electronic Arts and has worked at Realtime Worlds, Pendulum Studios and Telltale Games. Process improvement has always been a strong motivator for him as well as dedication to enabling teams to become greater than the sum of their parts.
Learn from Leaders 30 min Podcast 🎙️ series focus on SaaS & Game industry leaders. Challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios and companies in the world have overcome them.
Visit 👉 https://favro.com and learn the best collaborative planning, business agility, working-from-anywhere, project management, culture & leadership, practices.
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Apr 19, 2022
#19: Erik Werner: Bringing together commercial and tech teams to scale globally
During the seventh Season 2 episode, Patric Palm interviews Erik Werner, a Marketing professional with over 10 years of experience, working in the intersection of digital sales, marketing, and product development and leading agile teams in a wide variety of organizations and industries.
Learn from Leaders 30 min Podcast series focus on SaaS & Game industry leaders. Challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios and companies in the world have overcome them.
Visit 👉 https://favro.com and learn the best collaborative planning, business agility, working-from-anywhere, project management, culture & leadership, practices.
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Apr 8, 2022
#18: Sam & Adam Coster: Journey from indie to games business. Organisation and fun done right
During the sixth Season 2 episode, Patric Palm interviews Sam and Adam Coster, Co-Founding brothers at Butterscotch Shenanigans.
Adam's love for science carried him through a PhD in Cellular & Molecular Biology. Turns out it wasn't science he was into, but solving hard problems in general. Building a company from scratch in the highly-competitive and rapidly-changing games industry certainly fit that bill, and so Adam joined the team immediately after defending his dissertation. Adam creates all of the web technology that powers our games and studio, crunches numbers to figure out how the industry works, leads our business development efforts, and makes sure that the team has what it needs to make great games.
Sam always wanted to know how to do as many things as possible. This made early life frustrating since everyone was trying to force him to choose a career path. He participated with his brothers in a game jam (a weekend spent making a game from scratch) and they had such a blas…
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Mar 21, 2022
#17: Adrian Fiechter: The role of IT in the working-from-anywhere organisation
Guest: Adrian Fiechter, Head of IT at Wolt.
During the fifth episode of Season 2, Patric Palm interviews Adrian Fiechter. This is a conversation about IT in a cloud-native fast-growing company, and its role to empower people working from anywhere across multiple time zones.
Adrian has more than 18 years of experience in various IT roles with the main focus to bring business and IT together to deliver efficiently more value.
Learn from Leaders 30 min Podcast 🎙️ series focus on SaaS & Game industry leaders. Challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios and companies in the world have overcome them.
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Feb 22, 2022
#16: Johan Crona: 2022 Trends to watch in SaaS
Guest: Johan Crona, Founder & Managing Partner at Cloud Capital.
During the fourth episode of Season 2, Patric Palm interviews Johan Crona and discusses the top trends in SaaS industry.
Johan is an entrepreneur with a background within software companies since 1999. Started and developed several bootstrapped and venture-funded companies, exited several of them. Founded and raised a seed fund in 2009 ("Första Västmanlandsfonden"). Started at Almi Invest 2010 and focused on early-stage B2B SaaS investments. Left Almi 2017 to start Cloud Capital, a private investment company, together with a few business friends. Since its inception, they have invested in 11 companies, ie, Scrive, Storykit, Kundo, Pinmeto, Kognity, &Frankly, Loop54. Some of them already exited.
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Feb 14, 2022
#15: Zoë Curnoe: Breaking down team silos for productivity, inclusion, and winning talent
Guest: Zoë Curnoe, Studio Production Director (recently changed role to Studio Director) and Co-Founder at Timbre Games, Leadership and Executive Coach.
During the third episode of Season 2, Patric Palm interviews Zoë Curnoe, Studio Production Director and Co-Founder at Timbre Games, Leadership and Executive Coach.
For the past 18 years, Zoë has held production positions at a range of companies that have spanned working with artists in the Canadian Rocky Mountains at the Banff Centre, from smaller independent companies to large powerhouses such as Riot Games and Electronic Arts. In 2021 she left her role as Production Director of the Story Campaign for the massively popular Gears of War franchise at The Coalition to found Timbre Games where she has taken on the role of Studio Production Director.
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Dec 31, 2021
#14: Jason Savopolos: Hiring for success in the Games industry
Guest: Jason Savopolos, a lead producer at Frost Giant Studios.
During the second episode of Season 2, Patric Palm interviews Jason Savopolos, a lead producer at Frost Giant Studios.
He began his career in game development in 2007 at Electronic Arts as a QA tester, working his way up the ranks of the quality assurance department until serving on the Command & Conquer franchise team as a development manager. After nearly six years with EA, he left the company to take on project management and production roles at other game studios, including a three-year stint as senior project manager on Creature Quest at VC Mobile Entertainment. In 2018, he joined Blizzard Entertainment, where he served as a senior producer on StarCraft II, Warcraft III: Reforged, and Hearthstone.
Host: Patric Palm - Favro ceo & founder. Serial entrepreneur and tech investor. Mostly games, SaaS, AI, deep tech. Passionate about hyper-performing teams and business agility.
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Dec 10, 2021
#13: Don Daglow: Talent & Career paths in the game industry
Guest: Don Daglow, game designer and industry pioneer.
During the first Season 2 episode Patric Palm interviews Don Daglow, three-time Inc. 500™ CEO, a pioneering game designer, and 2008 Technical Emmy® Award recipient whose career spans the history of Silicon Valley. Teams have shipped over $1 billion in-game products under his leadership. He is the only executive in the history of the games industry who has held leadership and/or creative positions on every generation of video game consoles, from 1980 to the present day. In 2003 he received the CGE Award for "groundbreaking achievements that shaped the Video Game Industry." Together they explore talent development and career paths in the game industry.
Host: Patric Palm - Favro ceo & founder. Serial entrepreneur and tech investor. Mostly games, SaaS, AI, deep tech. Passionate about hyper-performing teams and business agility.
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Nov 30, 2021
#12 (February, 2021): Mark Kyle: Leading Creatives in Small & Large Organizations
Guest: Mark Kyle
Mark Kyle has brought agility and creativity to an impressive range of industries, from game development to ski resort maintenance to events and film festivals. Mark has held former executive-level and consulting roles at EA Sports, LucasArts, and Vail Resorts, he is a process efficiency guru currently utilizing Favro on a variety of projects in the visual, performance, and musical arts to influence positive global change and climate science awareness.
During the episode we will cover:
- Challenges of leading creatives in small and large, remote or hybrid, organizations,
- Doing more with less,
- How to not mess up agility in large organizations,
- How to maintain team autonomy while aligning everyone towards the same goals,
- Leading creative work ranging from game development to organizing a film festival.
Host: Patric Palm - Favro ceo & founder. Serial entrepreneur and tech investor. Mostly games, SaaS, AI, deep tech. Passionate about hyper-performing teams…
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Nov 30, 2021
#11 (January, 2021): Jérôme Franck-Sætervoll, Halldor Skattebo: Facing the changing media industry: Business Agility in the post-covid workplace
Guests: Jérôme Franck-Sætervoll and Halldor Skattebo
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Media companies need to adapt to survive and thrive. In addition, the Covid pandemic made organizations distributed by necessity, and now many companies are planning to go back, not to normal, but a new normal being a hybrid workplace. In this webinar, we discuss these challenges in detail and what adapting means in practice.
Host: Patric Palm - Favro ceo & founder. Serial entrepreneur and tech investor. Mostly games, SaaS, AI, deep tech. Passionate about hyper-performing teams and business agility.
Learn from Leaders 30 min Podcast 🎙️ series focus on SaaS & Game industry leaders. Challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios and companies in the world have overcome them.
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Nov 30, 2021
#10 (January, 2021): Patrik von Bergen: Go-to-Market Strategies and Martech
Guest: Patrik von Bergen, Management Consultant at P. von Bergen AB
Patrik provide services focusing on implementing agile go to market methods, aligning business objectives and he helps organizations take control of their marketing technology stack. Tackling the ongoing change in B2B sales and marketing will prove to be increasingly important. To help, Patrik has developed a toolkit, combining 25 years of sales and marketing experience, in both start-ups and mature businesses, passion for agile work method and his never ending interest in martech.
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In this episode, we'll explore the benefits of fully remote and distributed organizations. From startups to global enterprises, the world of work has changed, and many have realized that this is a change for the better. We'll also discuss the inherent challenges to remote first organizations based on real-world experiences and how some of the most forward-thinking companies have overcome them. As we enter…
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Nov 30, 2021
#9 (December, 2020): Daniel Tabar: Starting a Small Creative & Innovative Company
Guest: Daniel Tabar, President at Atomontage Inc.
Built and led game development teams distributed with members in ten countries on four continents, before co-founding Atomontage Inc. in 2017, where he manages product, charts strategy, raises funds, and wears many other hats.
During the episode we will cover:
In this webinar, we'll explore the benefits of fully remote and distributed organizations. From startups to global enterprises, the world of work has changed, and many have realized that this is a change for the better. We'll also discuss the inherent challenges to remote first organizations based on real-world experiences and how some of the most forward-thinking companies have overcome them. As we enter a new normal, both processes and tools are more critical to business success than ever. With remote work done right, the advantages far outweigh the negatives. We'll show you a proven combination of powerful techniques and tools to ensure your organization continues to t…
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Nov 30, 2021
#8 (September, 2020): Michael Verrette: Leading Global Distributed-First Teams
Guest: Michael Verrette, Development Director @Unknown Worlds Entertainment.
Experienced Producer with over 16 years of game development experience from Iron Lore to Harmonix to Unknown Worlds.
During the episode we will cover:
We'll explore the benefits of a fully remote and distributed game studio. We'll also discuss the challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios in the world have overcome them. As we enter a new normal, both process and collaboration tools are more important than ever. With remote work done right, the advantages far outweigh the negatives. We'll show you a proven combination of powerful techniques and tools to ensure your studio continues to achieve the extraordinary.
Host: Patric Palm - Favro ceo & founder. Serial entrepreneur and tech investor. Mostly games, SaaS, AI, deep tech. Passionate about hyper-performing teams and business agility.
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Nov 30, 2021
#7 (September, 2020): Carlos Sanchez: Product-led Inclusivity & Remote AAA Game Development
Guest: Carlos Sanchez, Principal Program Manager for Product Led Inclusivity, Xbox Gaming for Everyone @ Microsoft.
Executive Producer focused on building game impacting inclusivity. Co-lead of the Xbox Latinx community. Former production leader at Turn 10 Studios, Bungie, and EA. Passionate about bringing diversity, inclusion, and opportunities into the leadership levels of the games industry.
During the episode we will cover:
We'll explore the benefits of a fully remote and distributed game studio. We'll also discuss the challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios in the world have overcome them. As we enter a new normal, both process and collaboration tools are more important than ever. With remote work done right, the advantages far outweigh the negatives. We'll show you a proven combination of powerful techniques and tools to ensure your studio continues to achieve the extraordinary.
Host: Patric Palm - Favro ceo & founder. Serial entrepreneur and t…
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Nov 30, 2021
#6 (September, 2020): Samuli Syvähuoko: The Investor Point of View
Guest: Samuli Syvähuoko, an early pioneer of the Finnish game industry.
Samuli started his career in 1995 by co-founding Remedy Entertainment. Since then he has co-founded six other game studios (Fathammer, Recoil Games, Helsinki GameWorks, Armada Interactive, Lightheart Entertainment and Return Entertainment).In 2014, Samuli co-founded Sisu Game Ventures, an investment company focused on the Nordic game industry that has 51 portfolio companies.
During the episode we will cover:
We'll explore the benefits of a fully remote and distributed game studio. We'll also discuss the challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios in the world have overcome them. As we enter a new normal, both process and collaboration tools are more important than ever. With remote work done right, the advantages far outweigh the negatives. We'll show you a proven combination of powerful techniques and tools to ensure your studio continues to achieve the extraordinary.
Host: Patric…
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Nov 30, 2021
#5 (August, 2020): Matt Ott: Empowering Teams to Build AAA Mobile Experiences
Guest: Matthew Ott, Development Director, Avatar: Pandora Rising.
During the episode we will cover:
We'll explore the benefits of a fully remote and distributed game studio. We'll also discuss the challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios in the world have overcome them. As we enter a new normal, both process and collaboration tools are more important than ever. With remote work done right, the advantages far outweigh the negatives. We'll show you a proven combination of powerful techniques and tools to ensure your studio continues to achieve the extraordinary.
Host: Patric Palm - Favro ceo & founder. Serial entrepreneur and tech investor. Mostly games, SaaS, AI, deep tech. Passionate about hyper-performing teams and business agility.
Learn from Leaders 30 min Podcast 🎙️ series focus on SaaS & Game industry leaders. Challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios and companies in the world have overcome them.
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Nov 30, 2021
#4 (July, 2020): Alli Óttarsson: Leading Large Organizational Change
Guest: Alli Óttarsson, Video Games - Investor, Strategic Advisor, Consultant, and Mentor at A Ottarsson Consulting.
He has led large organizational changes to accelerate the delivery of two iconic video games - EVE Online at CCP, and League of Legends at Riot Games. Currently, he is investing in and advising video game startups.
During the episode we will cover:
We'll explore the benefits of a fully remote and distributed game studio. We'll also discuss the challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios in the world have overcome them. As we enter a new normal, both process and collaboration tools are more important than ever. With remote work done right, the advantages far outweigh the negatives. We'll show you a proven combination of powerful techniques and tools to ensure your studio continues to achieve the extraordinary.
Host: Patric Palm - Favro ceo & founder. Serial entrepreneur and tech investor. Mostly games, SaaS, AI, deep tech. Passionate about…
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Nov 30, 2021
#3 (July, 2020): Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir: Remote Work & Diversity
Guest: Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir, Production at Bonfire Studios.
One of the world’s top Game Producers, Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir has been at the forefront of AAA game development for 15 years, from Senior Producer at CCP, makers of EVE Online, to Senior Producer of both Star Wars Battlefront and FIFA at Electronic Arts, to her current role at Bonfire Studios.
During the episode we will cover:
We'll explore the benefits of a fully remote and distributed game studio. We'll also discuss the challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios in the world have overcome them. As we enter a new normal, both process and collaboration tools are more important than ever. With remote work done right, the advantages far outweigh the negatives. We'll show you a proven combination of powerful techniques and tools to ensure your studio continues to achieve the extraordinary.
Host: Patric Palm - Favro ceo & founder. Serial entrepreneur and tech investor. Mostly games, SaaS,…
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Nov 30, 2021
#2 (July, 2020): Kyle Anderson: Team Collaboration in Startups & Games Dev
Guest: Kyle Anderson, Operations Manager at Garage Beer Co.
The former head of Lifecycle Marketing for FoxNext Games, and current Operations Manager for Garage Beer Co. An ardent supporter of efficiency, open communication, and cutting out the middle man.
During the episode we will cover:
We'll explore the benefits of a fully remote and distributed game studio. We'll also discuss the challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios in the world have overcome them. As we enter a new normal, both process and collaboration tools are more important than ever. With remote work done right, the advantages far outweigh the negatives. We'll show you a proven combination of powerful techniques and tools to ensure your studio continues to achieve the extraordinary.
Host: Patric Palm - Favro ceo & founder. Serial entrepreneur and tech investor. Mostly games, SaaS, AI, deep tech. Passionate about hyper-performing teams and business agility.
Learn from Leaders 30 min Podc…
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Nov 29, 2021
#1 (July, 2020): Niko LaTorre: Building Processes That Empower Teams
Guest: Niko LaTorre, Pipeline Manager at Mindshow.
She enjoys building processes that empower teams to own their creative decisions. A former game producer at thatgamecompany on Sky: Children of the Light and Riot Games in R&D and on League of Legends' Champions, she recently joined Mindshow to make 3D animation more Agile.
During the episode we will cover:
The benefits of a fully remote and distributed game studio. We'll also discuss the challenges from real-world experiences and how some of the best studios in the world have overcome them. As we enter a new normal, both process and collaboration tools are more critical than ever. With remote work done right, the advantages far outweigh the negatives. We'll show you a proven combination of powerful techniques and tools to ensure your studio continues to achieve the extraordinary.
Host: Patric Palm - Favro ceo & founder. Serial entrepreneur and tech investor. Mostly games, SaaS, AI, deep tech. Passionate about hyper-performing team…
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