Learn from Leaders Podcast

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!

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.“

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."

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.

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!

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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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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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.

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.

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.