Insights
Leadership, decision-making, and the isolation that comes with it.
Notes from Leo Judkins on running the iGaming Leader Mastermind, and the patterns he sees in senior operators across the industry.
Only do the things that only you can do
The things that made you good at your job become the things that hold you back.
You rise to the level of your environment
Our kids didn't get worse. They got better.
80 redundancies, and I couldn't tell a soul
The most devastating experience of my professional life.
I froze on stage. Ten years apart.
The fear doesn't go away. It never does.
The day I resigned as Director
Not because the job was bad. Because I'd become someone I didn't recognise.
Knowing what you can't say
70% of what's going on, there's nobody I can talk to about it.
The $1,100 that changed everything
Three months earlier, I couldn't get out of bed.
The 3.5-hour drive that changed everything
I had no plan beyond the interview. No idea Gibraltar even existed.
"I lost confidence in myself."
Said like he was commenting on the weather.
The pressure becomes invisible the moment you're congratulated
They're not celebrating writing the check. They're nervous.
"Daddy. Daddy."
The problem was never the pressure. It was having nowhere to put it down.
I forgot how to speak Dutch
What has your career cost you that you didn't notice until it was gone?
The decision that sat for six months
Lack of information was never the problem.
Read →The person running the room doesn't get their turn
A pattern that's been bothering me for months.
Read →Nobody tells you about the lonely part
You're not the only one.
Read →You can't fake it for too long
The problem with "fake it till you make it."
Read →The question nobody at this level asks out loud
It's not a confidence problem. It's a structural one.
Read →Most leaders test everyone except themselves
He tested his whole leadership team. Then he took it himself.
Read →What actually happens at the end of an Inner Circles cycle
The honesty is the hard part.
Read →Why giving feedback teaches you more than receiving it
Most people think the hot seat is the product. It's not.
Read →What we learned running a NED event for 40 iGaming leaders
Board-seat pathways in iGaming operate like a black box. We tried to open it up.
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