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Beyond the Numbers – Using Qualitative Signals in Game Development

Jenny Tai

20 Aug 2025 • 4 min read
Beyond the Numbers – Using Qualitative Signals in Game Development
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Putting Stakes in the Ground: Leading Through Broken Systems and Change

Putting Stakes in the Ground: Leading Through Broken Systems and Change

Leading Through Chaos Every leader eventually faces a season where nothing seems to work, whether you inherited it or walked in by choice. The roadmap is shifting, metrics are slipping, and progress feels like running in sand. In those moments, leadership isn’t about having all the answers. It’s
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The Cost of Clarity: Why Great Product Leaders Embrace Vulnerability

The Cost of Clarity: Why Great Product Leaders Embrace Vulnerability

Most people think clarity is a skill—the ability to simplify the complex, to chart a direction others can follow. But the longer I’ve led teams, the more I’ve realized clarity is an act of courage. Because to be clear means exposing what you believe. It means saying:
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When Collaboration Breaks Down: How PMs Can Rebuild Trust and Alignment

When Collaboration Breaks Down: How PMs Can Rebuild Trust and Alignment

Like any relationship, healthy PM x Design collaboration depends on trust, communication, and empathy. And like any relationship, it can break down — even when both sides have good intentions. Maybe you’ve had the 1:1s. You’ve aligned on outcomes. You’ve reviewed documents and sat through stakeholder meetings
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