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Will Shen

Will Shen

Lead Designer
Will Shen is a Lead Designer at Unknown Worlds. He is a former Design Director of Bethesda Game Studios and was the Lead Designer for Fallout 4: Far Harbor, the Lead Quest Designer for Starfield, and the Designer for the openings of Skyrim and Fallout 4.

Talks & sessions

The Myths and Realities of Design Leadership

Human beings tell stories, not just about art and entertainment, but about their careers and relationships. Creative leadership, how to successfully guide a creative team to success, is also subject to this kind of myth making. Game designers who aspire to leadership often find that the reality is very different from the stories they heard or told themselves. In this session, we will break down why this happens. Why do we make up myths about how creative leadership works, and what are those myths trying to tell us?