Delivered at Casual Connect Europe 2019. In this session, Matias will discuss the path from idea, to start-up, to successful studio and what leaders need to know and be mindful of.

1. COMPANY & CHARACTER
Matias Myllyrinne
Redhill games
May 2019

2. Picsea, Unsplash)

5. CULTURE EATS STRATEGY FOR
BREAKFAST

6. CULTURE OF DISCIPLINE
Culture of Discipline is a concept
developed in the book Good to Great.
Disciplined people who engage in
disciplined thought and who take
disciplined action—operating with
freedom within a framework of
responsibilities—this is the cornerstone
of a culture that creates greatness.
In a culture of discipline, people do not
have jobs; they have responsibilities.
When you blend a culture of discipline
with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get
a magical alchemy resulting in
superior performance.

7. FORMS EARLY
What do the founders want?

8. WHAT IS CULTURE?
Tacit
Deep
Stable

9. WHAT IS GOOD CULTURE?
Internally functional
Externally effective

10. EVOLUTION OF CULTURE
Age
Size
Complexity

11. PICTURE OF TOILET (PÖNTTÖ)
Photo by Gabor Monori on Unsplash
Unsplash

19. Sergey Svechnikov, Unsplash

20. PROCESS-ORIENTED vs RESULTS-ORIENTED
EMPLOYEE-ORIENTED vs JOB-ORIENTED
PAROCHIAL vs PROFESSIONAL
OPEN SYSTEM vs CLOSED SYSTEM
LOOSE CONTROL vs TIGHT CONTROL
PRAGMATIC vs NORMATIVE

21. Unsplash

23. CRISIS OR DETERMINED GROWTH

24. Unsplash

25. WORDS > ACTIONS = PROBLEM
WORDS ≠ ACTIONS = PROBLEM

26. PLACE THESE STAKEHOLDERS IN ORDER:
Employees
Audience
Shareholders

27. POLL TIME, PLACE THESE STAKEHOLDERS IN
ORDER:
@Redhillgames

28. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE SMALL THINGS

29. Aristotle said:
“WE ARE WHAT WE REPEATEDLY DO.
EXCELLENCE, THEN, IS NOT AN ACT, BUT
A HABIT.”
(*Will Durant 1926)

30. STEERING CULTURE
A GARDNER TENDING TO PLANTS

31. GROWTH MINDSET
BUILD FEEDBACK LOOPS
SELF AWARENESS

32. FIXED MINDSET GROWTH MINDSET
• Something you’re born with
• Fixed SKILLS
• Come from hard work
• Can always improve
• Something to avoid
• Could reveal lack of skill
• Tend to give up easily
CHALLENGES
• Should be embraced
• An opportunity to grow
• More persistent
• Unnecessary
• Something you do when you
are not good enough
EFFORT
• Essential
• A path to mastery
• Get defensive
• Take it personal FEEDBACK
• Useful
• Something to learn from
• Identify areas to improve
• Blame others
• Get discouraged SETBACKS
• Use as a wake-up call to
work harder next time

33. THE LOOP:
IMPULSE-DECISION-ACTION

34. CHANGE MANAGEMENT:
Hard
Takes Time
Requires perseverance

35. Baptiste C David, Unsplash

36. UNLEARNING

37. National
Culture
Industry
Culture
Studio
Culture

38. LOW HIGH
EGALITARIAN POWER DISTANCE EMBRACES HIERARCHY
COLLECTIVIST COLLECTIVISM VS INDIVIDUALISM INDIVIDUALISM
COMFORTABLE WITH
UNCERTAINTY
UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE INDEX
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
UNCERTAINTY
NURTURE IMPORTANT FEMININITY VS. MASCULINITY POWER IMPORTANT
TRADITIONAL AND
SHORT-TERM
SHORT VS LONG-TERM ORIENTATION
FUTURISTIC AND LONG-
TERM
NORMATIVE REPRESSION RESTRAINT VS INDULGENCE SATISFACTION IS GOOD

39. https://www.hofstede-insights.com

40. https://www.hofstede-insights.com

41. READING REFERENCES

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43. MATIAS MYLLYRINNE
CEO
matias@redhillgames.com
@MausRHG & @RedhillGames
https://www.facebook.com/public/
Matias-Myllyrinne
https://www.linkedin.com/company/
redhill-games/
www.redhillgames.com
ANY QUESTIONS?