Christian Gregertsen's Leadership Portfolio

The fifth month we learned about globalization and its impact on the entertainment industry. We were taught about various cultures across the globe and how to conduct business with other countries. During class-time we did a lot of role-playing where we took on roles as businessmen from various countries.

For the Leadership Portfolio assignment for this class we were asked to view a 30 minute video or podcast on an entertainment subject matter that interests us and write a review and our own take on it. I decided to watch a TEDtalk by David Perry discussing the future of videogames.

The talk by David Perry hit very close to home as I have had a lot of the same experiences as witnessed by this excerpt from my assignment:

There has been a tremendous evolution in videogames. Me being an 80’s baby and game developer myself I have watched and experienced everything addressed by David Perry and Michael Highland firsthand. I got my first computer, a Commodore 64 at age six. One year later I was writing my own programs in BASIC.  Being born and raised in Norway I learned my first English words, “if, then, else, etc” through programming. My childood consisted of Legos, PC games, Nintendo, Commodore 64 and Amstrad. From an early age I taught myself how to develop something from nothing, given the right tools, whether it was a Lego spaceship or my own application. In many ways my generation is the first generation to grow up with interactive on demand entertainment.

The complete assignment can be downloaded here: Global Business Strategy – Review of TEDTalk by David Perry

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