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Have you ever found yourself re-checking a team member's work, taking over their tasks to avoid an awkward conversation, or secretly worrying they're going to derail your project?
In game development, a lack of trust rarely gets addressed directly. Instead, leaders build workarounds, approval gates, and defensive processes that slow down production and erode team culture. In this episode, Benjamin Carcich breaks down the four core root causes of mistrust in game studios and shares actionable strategies to diagnose, resolve, or eliminate them.
What You'll Learn In This Episode:
- The four ways trust can break down:Malice, Lack of Expertise, Unreliability, and Misalignment … and how to identify which one is affecting your team
- Why not every trust problem is personal and how confusing a skill or alignment issue with bad intent can create a toxic work environment
- How misdiagnosing trust issues leads to micromanagement
- How to rebuild trust
- The one type of trust breakdown you can't fix — and how recognizing it early can help your team and studio succeed
If you're a leader in game dev who is tired of babysitting performance, constantly double-checking work, or feeling like your team is pulling in four different directions, this episode is for you.
🔗Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/A2L3ROBFlGc
🔗Access the trust audit here: https://www.buildingbettergames.gg/trust-audit
Connect with us:
🔗Ben's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-carcich/
🔗BBG's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/building-better-games/
🔗Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildingbettergames/#
🔗Website: https://www.buildingbettergames.gg
🔗YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildingbettergames
If you want help leading teams and studios to better games players love, you can reach me at: info@valarinconsulting.com
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