When leading creative teams, finding effective ways to offer them ownership and freedom is essential to obtain high-level results. A creative who is doing only what their boss is telling them to do is doing half of his job; the other half is figuring out different ways to do it. 

Our guest, Robert M. Atkins, is particularly good at empowering teams, contributing to a greater good in the online communities, and adding true value to the gaming community. He is the CEO at BALANCED Media | Technology. As a game developer, Robert worked in DOOM, and Counter-Strike, to mention just a few of the massive projects he has been involved in. 

We had a fantastic conversation about leadership, teams’ empowerment, ownership, the future of the gaming industry, esports as the future of entertainment, and monetizing the gaming industry. Robert kindly shared his point of view on how to benefit from offering freedom to creatives, how to inspire them, and help them create at their fullest potential. 

Visit BALANCED Media | Technology website: https://www.balancedmediatechnology.com/

or send him Robert an email at: robert@bmt.world

Full Episode Breakdown:

1:21 – Robert shares a bit of his journey in the gaming industry. He talks about how following his instincts and passion helped him in his career. 

5:39 – The importance of being in a position where people trust and support you. Robert talks about the moment he decided to work as a game developer.

9:46 – John and Robert talk about the benefits of empowering people at work. The proper ways to offer them freedom and ownership. 

14:49 – The danger of your staff stop caring. John and Robert talk about the price companies can pay if they leave their teams space to grow and expand.

18:31 – Robert talks about how he managed to empower team leaders along the way as a leader. 

22:51 – Robert shares his point of view on what he foresees for the gaming industry, especially what could happen with esports.

27:34 – Esports is the future of entertainment. John and Robert talk about the need for monetizing esports, its challenges, and the immense possibilities behind it.

33:34 – John and Robert discuss the importance of having fun, doing extraordinary things, and at the same time, adding authentic value to the community through gaming. 

38:43 – Robert shares his take on the possibility of crowdfunding climate change research through gaming and many other super exciting projects the community should be working on.

44:31 – It is not a money problem; it is a vision problem. Robert talks about the need to monetize other industries with tremendous resources. 

48:12 – Interactive streams. John and Robert talk about the exciting challenge of creating interactive streams where the public of a live event can interact with online spectators. 

53:34 – John and Robert talk about how the potential of the gaming community and the possibility of bringing solutions to problems no one has figured out yet how to solve.