Leadership article

If you were keeping your article to non-profit teams, I probably wouldn''t be writing this reply. But your mention of profit in the same context as the rest of your post doesn''t sit well.

While I think your intentions and motivations are sound, I am curious as to what title(s) that you (and a team led by you) have shipped (commercially, i.e. for profit) based on the principles you would describe in such an article.

I''m not saying this just to bash you or otherwise put you down; like I said, I''m sure your intentions are good-natured. But when it comes to writing articles related to leadership, motivation, and game quality (from the last sentence of your third paragraph), credentials are pretty important.

Case in point, I''ve been working in this industry in a professional capacity for more than 5 years, and I consider myself relatively experienced in how teams and projects work... yet I still wouldn''t consider myself qualified to write an article of this sort.

There are areas where bad information is worse than no information, and this is one of those areas. I''m not assuming that your information is implicitly "bad", but when you mention things like making "money not so much of a priority" (wrong, in the game business making money is the number one priority or your company will dissolve), and "not rushing out the game" (hello, nobody in this biz *wants* to rush their games, but most of the time it''s required for scheduling and budget reasons), it certainly makes me wonder.

If you''ve actually been the leader of team(s) that have shipped several commercial projects, and we''re simply not aware of it, then by all means go for it. Otherwise, you may want to reconsider, or at the very least, restrict your focus to non-profit situations.

My zwei pfennige.

Good points. Very good points. I am hardly experienced, as my small lil pre-company (will become pay eventually, as I decided it to be my career 5 years back) has yet to release a full game, at all.
However, leadership and motivation has been a strong interest of mine since I started this project. I''ve been researching it, and practicing it all I can. I feel I know more about it than most people, and I just wanted to share that.
I don''t have much experience besides small-time companies that end up failing in a month or two. Also, my own company when hasn''t done so good since I took it to the internet. I just learned a few things along the way.
The profit parts of the article are moreover ethical outlines I have discovered. I guess it''d be a good idea to stay away from that.
If you''re willing to read it after I finish, I''d appreciate it if you did so and tell me if I''m giving bad advice in any areas. I''ll still try to give it my best shot, but I certainly don''t want anyone doing the wrong thing that I think is right. Any help would be appreciated.