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All the articles I've posted.
Leadership Lessons From Little League
About 15 years ago, the president of the Tempe Little League invited me to coach my son's Tee Ball team. A few years later, I started GameTruck, Left…
The Greatest Birthday Party Video Game
Walk into a GameTruck game theater and a wall of color and sound hits you. The games that have earned their place on our screens — and why they land with players.
"GameTruck : It’s what’s inside that counts — Scott Novis"
'How did you think of GameTruck?' People experience it in the exact opposite order I invented it. Here's the real story of the idea behind the big box.
Coaching Teens Part 2 — Do the Right Thing
A big reason to start an esports program is exposing more kids to coaches and mentors. Establishing a just cause is what orients the whole program toward doing the right thing.
The Secret Missing Ingredient From Leadership
After eight weeks writing about Google's Project Oxygen management skills, I found the ingredient the list leaves out — the one that ties all the rest together.
Connected Leaders Help with Career Development
The sixth skill of a connected leader: helping your team grow their careers. Great employees look for managers who invest in where they're headed.
"Coaching Esports: Be Process Focused"
Coach, mentor, teacher — the words get tossed around a lot. Here's how I define each, and why great esports coaching is really about being process-focused.
Why You Should Care About Net Promoter Scores
I thought a 76 sounded like a C. Then I learned Net Promoter isn't measuring satisfaction — it measures word of mouth, and that is brutally hard to earn.
3 Techniques For Reducing Team Anxiety
Building healthy esports communities turns out to look a lot like building healthy work teams. Here are three things that reliably reduce a team's anxiety.
"Coaching Esports: A Model For Player Improvement"
Coaching experience from traditional sports translates well to esports. Here's my model for helping a player develop to their maximum potential, individually and as a team.
What Makes a Party Next Leve
Fifteen years of GameTruck parties taught me this: renting video games is easy, but that's not what people buy. They're buying a memory worth cherishing.
What Games Can Teach Us About Motivation
Solve one problem in a game and you earn a harder one. That's not discouraging — it's the point. What games reveal about motivation and the infinite game.