Aligning Gaming Culture with Business Needs

Gaming company cultures and working models (on-site vs. remote vs. hybrid, etc.) very often tie in themselves to preferences, backgrounds, experiences as well as the person types of the founding team and (/or) existing management of gaming companies.

It is very common that this is the way in our industry, whilst it would be more beneficial to have a more flexible setup in terms of calling out what is right for your organization / company vs. what is the preference.

There are also lots of mental barriers on this side, like whilst a company would need to mature its model in order to e.g., really build a team that is required for winning or making changes on cost structures of a company, etc. (as the case may be, incl. many other cases), persons controlling these decisions would still prefer staying in their comfort zone instead of triggering changes that would be beneficial for the company — and it all very often has a tie-in to their experiences in the past as well as what they prefer to lead.

These mental barriers very often make the people driving the vehicle trigger decisions that can hinder lots of growth potential — like, for example, of being able to attract and nurture the best talent out there; as the more inflexibility there is, the more doors it closes up often, which it will cause direct, as well as indirect, effects to the performance and results of a company over a long time.

I get the benefits of all of those models as well as the bad sides — and how they can work good and bad for different types of companies. Mostly what I’m after here is that instead of working in a preferences and mental barriers controlled decision-making side / world, it would be beneficial for all to work throughout more e.g., sophisticated data points on driving these decisions; and actually measure, review, act and iterate on their models to see what really works vs. doesn’t work for them. More holistic and mature approach instead of preferences. Also, more importantly, listening hopes and wishes of a staff could be sometimes also worth it, even the belief on this would be that all would be good (thinking this way also is a trap, unless asked).