Sophie Vo, Studio & Game Lead at Voodoo, on hiring practices and company culture

<p>In today’s episode of the Mastering Retention podcast, we are joined by Creative Game Lead Sophie Vo. She’s French- Vietnamese but currently resides in Berlin where she helps run <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.voodoo.io/">Voodoo</a>. In today’s episode, she talks to Tom about some hiring practices, her definition and implementation of cognitive diversity, and how she nourishes work culture—especially during Covid-times! </p><p>Highlights of today&#39;s episode: </p><ul><li>The process of building a new studio and team </li><li>How she developed the <em>WHY </em>of Voodoo </li><li>How she defines her dream team </li><li>What she looks for on resumes </li><li>Valuing company culture </li><li>Practices she’s implemented to increase trust in her studio</li><li>What is cognitive diversity? </li><li>Preparing your team for the first game launch </li><li>How to deal with firing </li><li>Building the culture of coaching </li></ul><p>Don&#39;t forget to check out Sophie&#39;s <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://sophievo.com/">blog </a> and connect with her on <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-vo-b6072214/">LinkedIn</a></p>