{"id":3571,"date":"2016-08-31T21:41:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T05:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/sdgc\/cgi-bin\/ycisl\/?p=3571"},"modified":"2016-08-31T21:41:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T05:41:28","slug":"satoru-iwata-gdc-2005-keynote-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/?p=3571","title":{"rendered":"Satoru Iwata: GDC 2005 Keynote Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Sorry, this has been sitting in my draft box for over a year…]<\/p>\n

Satoru Iwata passed away a week ago on Saturday July 11, 2015. My attention was drawn (specifically by the YouTube video Nintendo President & CEO Satoru Iwata Passes Away – The Know<\/a>) to the keynote speech<\/a> he gave at the Game Developers Conference in 2005.<\/p>\n

The first 11 minutes or so of this keynote speech lays out Mr Iwata’s personal story.\u00a0Having been a Nintendo “gamer” for a long time (GameBoy, GameCube and the Wii) as well as long-term video game addict (starting with Pong\u00a0and now with Clash Royale), I was very interested in Mr Iwata’s personal story.\u00a0As I listened to his story, I found immense connectedness with the principles we try to share in the YCISL program.<\/p>\n

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  1. In the YCISL workshops, we discuss mindset. From this speech, I discovered that there is something deeper than mindset. Mr. Iwata’s opening lines are (pulling out a business card from his pocket) “On my business card, I am a Corporate President. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.” We know about appearances and labels (i.e., his work title) – much of the time, these are things that others give us. Then he indicates to us that his mind functions in the game developer domain; this\u00a0is\u00a0the type of thinking\/decision-making he does to fill his title. But there is an emotional (heart) level that provides him with passion, purpose and motivation.<\/li>\n
  2. He shares several fond memories. Notice how he says “I remember the first video game I ever played…” He pictured\u00a0himself in several ways including calling himself an “early adopter” and showing a photo of himself from his youth. I have used a photo from my high school days in my workshop opening – but seeing how effective it was in Mr. Iwata’s speech, I will try to more closely weave the photo into my personal story.<\/li>\n
  3. He notes that having pride was a source of energy and passion. Pride also connects with intrinsic motivation. Pride isn’t something you can incentivize. It is an emotionally positive feeling that energizes the individual.<\/li>\n
  4. He mentions his parents as an influence. We know influencers and supporters are critical to success as well as our emotional intelligence. Parents should try to brush us their persuasion skills – more intrinsic than extrinsic motivation.<\/li>\n
  5. He says “…and it was all great fun.” It is great to hear a statement like this which shows that having fun is compatible with leadership. This connects with the Richard St John TED Talk where he uses the term “workafrolics.”<\/li>\n
  6. Mr. Iwata also reflects on Lessons Learned. One of the lessons is the value of teamwork. Another is the importance of emotional response to success (he is talking about game development but I think this can be considered more widely). This ultimately connects with the idea of gamestorming.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I highly recommend watching the opening to this keynote speech. It is something valuable to think about while we pursue our hopes and dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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