We’re on the road for the next ~4 weeks traveling the country and making our way to RAGBRAI for the third year in a row. As I type this, I look out on an empty field in Kentucky, stuffed with barbecue and sunburned from a 20+ mile ride in the heat.
The next several episodes of This Should Work* will be dropping at a regular pace of every 2 weeks on Mondays. The most recent episode in the series is an interview with Josh Tsui, game developer from Midway and EA days in Chicago, the former director of Robomodo (Tony Hawk games), and now the Director of Innovation at DePaul University.
Here’s the show description:
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In this episode of The TSW* Podcast, host Jay Margalus interviews Josh Tsui, a veteran of the video game industry and current Director of Innovation at DePaul University’s Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media.
Josh shares his unique career journey spanning over two decades in game development, working on iconic franchises like Mortal Kombat and Tony Hawk at companies including Midway Games and EA. He discusses his recent work on large-scale immersive experiences, and importantly, what he’s up to as the Director of Innovation at DePaul University. Key topics include:
* How to create differentiation when developing a community innovation space
* Transitioning from industry to academia, and the processes you need to change and adopt in doing so
* How to choose the right equipment to spark creativity and ideas
* How to scale up a new program and space from the ground floor
Josh also looks ahead to emerging trends in academia and shares insights on the blending edge tech to adopt. This episode offers valuable perspective for anyone interested in getting an innovation center up and running from the ground up..
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