27. Becoming The Head Of Experimentation On Candy Crush - with Delphine Sassi

Delphine has a unique story on how she brings her athlete mindset to her practices of leadership and building creative teams at King. Delphine is the Head Of Experimentation on Candy Crush and shares her challenges of bringing novelty to an iconic game such as Candy Crush, while satisfying the most loyal players from over a decade.

In this episode, Delphine shares her leadership tools to lead large creative teams (50+ people):

• Why Energy is one of your most important resources as a Leader, and how to nurture it


• 3P approach: People, Product and Process


• How to run large teams of 50+ people and break the silos


• How to build a solid long term vision for large teams


• Managing upward


• Why it is important to build your personal branding with intention, for your career progression

Here are the links of the resources mentioned in the episode:

• Multipliers book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8310410-multipliers


• Why Great Leaders Take Humour Seriously (TED talk): https://youtu.be/uJKDipbCzdc

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