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-: I think that there are literally
a million different things
that can make a studio a good environment,
but for me I think the most important one is about care.
-: Playing, playtime, a bit.
-: Camaraderie. -: Exactly.
-: Inclusivity, number one.
A hundred percent transparency,
and being there for people.
If I'm there for people and they know I'm there for them,
then they'll feel supported,
and that will help boost level of morale,
and just feeling comfortable in where they're working.
-: I think people will go further and try new things,
and push harder if they know that they're cared about.
-: A learning opportunity.
Sounds kind of cheesy enough,
but I think it is important, especially when you're
striving to have a team that grows
and builds a career individually throughout their lives.
I think it's important that we create those spaces
where people can learn and grow
and make the odd little fuck up.
-: That you not feel like you're gonna get sacked
at the end of it is really important, I think, for it.
-: I think it should be a safe place
for all kinds of different people to work in together.
-: Acceptance, not just of the fundamental and basic things,
where people are from, what their background is,
but you know, what their ideas might be like.
It's a great thing that we have
such a multicultural environment here.
It's what can inspire the work from different angles.
You collectively solve problems in different ways as well.
-: If you're value-based,
you're much more likely to go further with each other
than if it's just for a specific reason.
-: People, they're similar, but they're so different.
Like there's different interests.
We have karaoke night or game night.
There's things that we can all rally behind.
Even when projects are done, we all do a launch event.
There's all these little moments spread out during the week
where it just feels like we can all connect together.
Speaker: Celebrate each other.
-: Create environments that really, really champions
every little win.
So we do our Thirsty Thursdays every week
where we have a glass of champagne
and we can talk about what happened in the studio
and give opportunity for shout outs
which actually are such a incredible
small way of appreciation, I think.
It's such a great and integral part of our culture now
that I just can't imagine not doing it.
-: So having valuable time that, you know,
we've got however many Slack channels,
full of film fanatics, gaming fanatics, pet fanatics.
I've been put off by so many places that kind of say,
oh we all love to go for a drink after work every day.
And I'm a bit like, I don't wanna do that.
It's Monday, come on.
The DBFC football team slowly getting more and more signups.
I actually ask sign Orva when they hire someone
to put it down on the, can you play in goal?
Can you play up front?
How many goals a season?
Sometimes I think he's turned people away.
-: A cool space to be in as well.
Inspiring space.
So we have downtime.
You can just hang out.
-: This new space has also become a home now
for a lot of people.
-: The environment that we are in,
the actual studio environment is created
so that there is a flow.
There's the ability to work in different spaces,
the ability for people to congregate
and they may not be working on projects together,
but the overlap is really interesting.
Certainly having lunches together create a sense
that we're all in it together.
-: Good culture, influences,
good sort of work life and how you enjoy your job.
-: To be in a space where you feel listened to and heard.
-: Yeah, yeah.
-: That you are making a contribution to the space.
-: The fundamental thing
of the culture and community, I suppose,
it is just getting to know people better,
spending time outside of work
and getting to know someone as a person,
not just a producer or a designer, you know,
that's when you start to find more enjoyment, I think,
as well, when you sort of, you're working
with a really good friend and not just a good colleague.
You know, you can both help each other
to get to the end goal.
-: Once you get to know your colleagues,
you see what drives them and the things that inspire them.
And that's one of the best things
about the creative industry is that we are social people
and we socialize outside of our jobs,
which it makes our jobs easier.
-: Creating studio culture is a real alchemy
because there's loads of moving parts.
Culture, life, people, situations change,
and we've been through some profound changes recently.
-: The studio has adapted to that
and the culture around it is stronger for it.
-: We are actively pursuing different things,
different ideas, the try and make us better.
-: And the idea of one team is quite, again, hard to attain,
but I think that attachment comes from
delivering on projects together,
being excited about the work that we are doing,
but it's the principles.
It's why we are doing it that counts.
-: There's huge value in optimism.
There's huge value in autonomy.
There's huge value in having principles
that drive what you do rather than just a project.
-: Only when people are working on something
that they truly care about
will they make something that's truly exceptional.
-: Yeah.
-: We are enormously privileged to have work
that is so enjoyable and so mentally stimulating
and so creative and so rewarding in every sense.
And that's a huge privilege.
So if everyone kind of understands that
and believes in that,
then how can you not have a good culture, you know?
What a great industry to be in.