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GM, Call of Duty
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Education: BA, Harvard University Company Name: Activision Blizzard Industry: Video Games/Entertainment Company CEO: Bobby Kotick Company Headquarters Location: Santa Monica, California Number of Employees: 10,000 Your Location (if different from above): Palos Verdes Estates, California Personal Philosophy: Stay curious. What book are you reading: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda What was your first job: Tutor Interests: Faith, family, friends, gaming, sports, travel, fashion, and daily yoga Family: My husband, Scott, and two sons, Samuel and Noah
It’s the People
“The people factor” has become a priority lens through which I have often made my career choices. Over the years, I’ve come to realize that true professional fulfillment for me goes far beyond a specific product or initiative; rather, it’s the people with whom I can learn, collaborate, and try big things with that makes mentor, and advocate for one another? Is this a know-itall culture or a learn-it-all culture? How is trust cultivated? From whom can I learn and whom can I champion as I go? Exploring these more nuanced human elements of the workplace has been very powerful for me.
Today, people have access to a wider-than-ever
the process so rewarding and memorable. The more I’ve focused on this as a primary filter for decision-making, the more enriching the chapters in my career journey have become. And of course, the stronger the team, the bigger impact one can have.
Questions like the following: How do people engage and communicate with one another? How do they train, range of career tracks that one can viably pursue. With that much choice, success is going to be a function not just of brand equity or individual effort, but by the power of best-in-class collaboration, connection, and care for one another. As such, the “who” as much as the “what” will continue to be a major investment strategy of mine, and an important guiding light.
