Co-Founder, Host, Publisher of the Building Better Games Podcast & Newsletter
Benjamin Carcich Biography
Benjamin Carcich started his career as a military officer before shifting into game dev at Riot Games working on League of Legends. He spent over 8 years there, starting in associate production roles and eventually advancing to director roles
He left Riot to start a consultancy in 2020, realizing that his ability to change the industry through better leadership would be best realized independently. He’s been supporting individual producers, game studios, and publishers ever since.
Ben spent time on League post-launch (2011-2017) and was on Valorant while it was in R&D.
Ben is a certified co-active coach and official ICAgile trainer. He’s been teaching concepts around Agility, Production, and Game Development Leadership since 2015. He hosts the Building Better Games podcast and newsletter and has spoken at multiple events including GDC 2024.
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Benjamin Carcich Speaking Topics
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Habits & Culture of Successful Studios-Teams
Want to know the most common game dev cultural patterns and habits that lead to success when done well? How about how to avoid failure? In this talk, Ben provides a consultant’s view on modern game development. He's been working with a host of companies from startups to established giants for the past three years, and will share what they’ve observed as effective (or not).
The things to get right do not include only hiring senior talent, having an unlimited budget, or being remote, in office, or hybrid. They are 'boring' patterns, and ones that most studios get wrong. But if you get these cultural habits right, you’re on the fast track to creating an amazing game that players will love. The best part: this isn’t just for big AAA companies. Every studio can do them. You just have to be willing to invest.
Attendees will learn four themes that differentiate successful and unsuccessful game studios. The concept of scaling, creating functional leadership teams, what good vision looks like, and how to relate to planning are all patterns that
• done well
• improve your chances of success.
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Creating Accountability: 4 Simple Steps for Managers
Accountability. It comes up all the time, leaders demand more of it, many people try to escape it. But honestly, most people don’t know what it means. In this talk, We will walk the attendees through what accountability is, why our misunderstandings of it lead to unhealthy models of accountability that cause many people to avoid it, and finally go through a simple four-step model to create healthy accountability.
The talk will go over accountability, expectations, and consequences, and the audience will learn how they can create healthy accountability in a surprisingly short amount of time. This is a crucial skill that far too few people have, and it causes a lot of problems in our companies. Let’s get accountability figured out!
Attendees will learn what real accountability is, what unhealthy accountability looks like and why it is so common, and finally will be given a very simple four-step model they can follow to create healthy accountability within their organization.
Benjamin Carcich Videos
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Benjamin Carcich is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Habits & Culture of Successful Studios-Teams, Creating Accountability: 4 Simple Steps for Managers, Creating Engaging Games: Moving Past Making Stuff and Chasing Quality and From Confusion to Clarity: Defining the Producer’s Role and Journey. The estimated speaking fee range to book Benjamin Carcich for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Benjamin Carcich generally travels from Denver, CO, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Brenda Louise Romero, Ryan Horrigan, John Romero, Jessica Manins and Joe Ferencz. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Benjamin Carcich for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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