Culture is hard
summary
Announces a new London studio with concrete stats — 300 employees, 150 in development, average age 35, 37 nationalities — and a culture plan: flexible hours, oppose crunch, prioritize diversity and tolerance. Cites a high-profile marketing tie-in (Angry Birds × NFL for Super Bowl 52) and a tested initiative that fails: a free childcare “mum jam” is promoted widely but only four signups so it’s postponed, teaching that embracing complexity, avoiding compromise, valuing fixes (kintsugi) and accepting wabi‑sabi drive culture work.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:42Menu
- 1:10Rovio
- 1:41Angry Birds
- 3:33Diversity
- 4:17Culture is hard
- 6:37Whos that
- 8:26Tolerance
- 9:34Less is more
- 10:41Nerf guns
- 11:27Drinking beverages
- 13:08Japanese philosophy
- 15:07My failure
- 19:21Conclusion
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