Matthew Navas

Join this interactive roundtable session led by Dan Hernberg, VP, Executive Producer at CD PROJEKT RED, to explore strategies to building, scaling, and sustaining high-performing teams across a global, multi-studio network. The discussion will focus on how to maintain creative cohesion and production alignment across distributed teams, while building strong studio cultures that transcend time zones.

For directors, head and senior production executives' pressure is a constant reality. Conflicting priorities, late changes in direction, and the push to ship despite known risks create intense challenges.

• Communicating Risk Clearly: How to raise concerns about scope, schedule, or quality without losing trust.
• Managing Up: Techniques for influencing decisions and aligning priorities amid changing directives.
• Protecting Teams: Ensuring your team can work sustainably, even under pressure, while delivering results.
• Decision-Making Under Pressure: How to weigh short-term demands against long-term success and quality.