Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this episode Tommy is joined by longtime friend Melissa Phillips, who is now the director of the Games Leadership Network: a non-profit organisation that seeks to explore and establish guiding leadership practices for the wider video games industry. They provide free coaching, personal development and supporting resources for current and emerging leaders in the games industry.

We dig into what it means to build leadership skills in games, why training is so vital and reflect on the projects we worked on together many years ago at @NorwichGamesFestival and with @BAFTAygd.

You can find out more about Games Leadership at:
gamesleadership.com

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