Team Charter vs. Operating Playbook: Building the System That Holds a Product Team Together
At Jam City, I was already trying to instill the culture I believed in. I talked about ownership, about rigor, about what good looked like. What I didn't have was the
How to Structure a Game Product Team: Headcount, Levels, and Game Type
When I step into a new organization as a leader, the first thing I do isn't judge. It's absorb. Watch how the team actually moves, what's working,
Building vs. Inheriting a Product Team: A Leader's Framework
I walked into Jam City to find the team had already quit. Not scaled back. Gone. An empty room and a blank calendar.
Years later I walked into Scopely to find the opposite
Why I Stay in Games: An Honest Look at a Game PM Career
The Question I Get Asked Most
People who know my background ask me some version of the same question a lot. You could be anywhere. Why games?
It is a fair question. Games
What Games Can Learn From Music: The Art of Transporting Your Audience
The Moment Something Clicked
Last month I was sitting in an intimate gathering at the Grammy Museum listening to Skylar Grey talk about her career when something clicked for me about games.
Skylar