Drew Levin is currently Director of Product at Riot Games and before that a Director of Product Management at Zynga.

Zynga vs. Riot: two companies with wildly different approaches to game development, decision-making, and a culture of debate and discussion. Even more, Drew worked as a political campaign manager before game development.

I believe Drew is uniquely experienced in speaking very deeply about different cultures and approaches to having constructive debates within a corporate context. However, more broadly, in our talk today, we discuss the following:

• 1. The problem at many companies focused on winning vs. discussion and seeking truth

• 2. Impact of company culture

• 3. Specific techniques to facilitate more constructive discussions

• 4. Ideas and ways in which we can improve discussions

👇 EPISODE LINKS:

• Drew Levin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-levin-7a225626/

• Adam Grant, "How to Argue about Abortion": https://adamgrant.bulletin.com/how-to-argue-about-abortion/

• Paul Saffo on Strong Opinions, Weakly Held: https://www.saffo.com/02008/07/26/strong-opinions-weakly-held/

• AORs by Asana: https://wavelength.asana.com/workstyle-aors/

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