McGinnis: Pad deadlines and lie about dates when managing creatives
Carly McGinnis · Find co-creators everywhere (with Exploding Kittens Inc.’s Elan Lee) | Masters of Scale · Dec 12, 2023 · at 25:06
Carly McGinnis, operations leader and former assistant to Elan Lee at Xbox and Exploding Kittens, explains her tactics for keeping creative partners on schedule.
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“What I've learned is pad your deadlines lie to them, and outlining the cost of what it's going to be if we don't execute by this date.”
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