Ep 10 - Keshav Pitani, VP of Light & Wonder: Overcoming Your Aversion to Office Politics

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com SHOW NOTES Keshav Pitani, VP of Light & Wonder, shares his transition from avoiding to embracing office politics. We discuss his experience as an introvert within the corporate world, his strategy for reframing office politics as a “Multi-Level Game” and the application of these lessons to his work. Gaining pride from mentoring others Corporate life before becoming politically savvy Overcoming his aversion to office politics The power of treating office politics as a “Multi-Level Game” How introverts can keep customers engaged Why engaging in politics leads to innovation in large companies Tips on determining people’s needs and what questions to ask Why innovation can’t happen in isolation How to give strategic complements Learning from people’s skills (whether you like them or not) Get used to it and become good at it  BIO AND LINKS: Keshav Pitani, VP of R&D at game developer Light & Wonder, has extensive entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial experience in solving complicated problems and delivering award-winning technology products. Keshav worked on the first modems for IBM in Tokyo, airline cockpit systems for Rockwell, and was one week short of being the first to patent wifi when he worked in the Bay Area tech scene. For the past decade, he has led R&D, development, and commercialization of apps and iconic games worldwide for Bally, Scientific Games, and Light & Wonder. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keshav-pitani/ Light & Wonder: https://www.lnw.com/ Reference Keshav makes to “Jeff (Pfeffer’s) book”: https://jeffreypfeffer.com/boo....ks/power-why-some-pe Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3