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Curiosity is the only edge that doesn’t age. We open the hood on how learning shapes leadership in the games industry, tracing the journey from junior enthusiasm to mid-level complacency to senior humility—and how each stage can either stall or supercharge a team. Along the way, we dig into the habits that keep leaders relevant when engines update, monetization models flip, and player expectations sprint ahead.

I walk through the real risks of the mid-level plateau, where comfort masquerades as expertise and “the right way” blocks innovation. Then we show how seniors return to curiosity, say “I don’t know” without fear, and use reverse mentoring to stay close to new tools and trends. You’ll get seven practical strategies to bake learning into your studio culture: a weekly learning cadence with rotating focus, pairing juniors and seniors for tech swaps, smarter conference playbooks and team debriefs, cross-discipline shadow days and jams, knowledge-sharing rituals, reflective leadership reviews, and making play a core driver of exploration.

Expect clear, usable guidance and prompts you can implement immediately: how to reward adaptability, how to turn postmortems into learning engines, and how to protect time for professional growth without derailing production. If you lead teams—or want to—this is a roadmap to build resilience, spark innovation, and keep your studio’s creative heart beating strong.

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