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Benedikt Oehmen

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312 total appearances

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Chief Change Officer
#201 Benedikt Oehmen: From Game Development to Career Redevelopment

I'm onto something because the big three did not only work for myself at work and creating my company, but also creating this big milestone achievement of actually writing a book. And that's where I then doubled down and said, this is awesome.

Chief Change Officer
#201 Benedikt Oehmen: From Game Development to Career Redevelopment

I'm onto something because the big three did not only work for myself at work and creating my company, but also creating this big milestone achievement of actually writing a book. And that's where I then doubled down and said, this is awesome.

Chief Change Officer
#201 Benedikt Oehmen: From Game Development to Career Redevelopment

This is what I want to bring to the world and help people overcome their own challenges and achieve their own goals using this framework that not only works for your career development, but also for your personal development and other goals you may have in your life.

Chief Change Officer
#201 Benedikt Oehmen: From Game Development to Career Redevelopment

This is what I want to bring to the world and help people overcome their own challenges and achieve their own goals using this framework that not only works for your career development, but also for your personal development and other goals you may have in your life.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

Hello. Thanks so much for having me. I'm feeling very honored among all your distinguished guests to be here.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

Hello. Thanks so much for having me. I'm feeling very honored among all your distinguished guests to be here.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

Okay, sure. Sounds great. So I'm born in Germany, close to Cologne and Dusseldorf, so in the western part of Germany. In 2001, I moved to Heidelberg to study physics. And did my bachelor's degree there in physics and asked myself, what do I actually want to do with this? Once like in real life.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

Okay, sure. Sounds great. So I'm born in Germany, close to Cologne and Dusseldorf, so in the western part of Germany. In 2001, I moved to Heidelberg to study physics. And did my bachelor's degree there in physics and asked myself, what do I actually want to do with this? Once like in real life.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

And my brother made me aware that Blizzard, which was one of my favorite gaming companies or Z, my favorite company of all times when it comes to games at the time and still is. He said, hey, they're looking for support staff for the Game Master, for the in-game customer support. That's all.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

And my brother made me aware that Blizzard, which was one of my favorite gaming companies or Z, my favorite company of all times when it comes to games at the time and still is. He said, hey, they're looking for support staff for the Game Master, for the in-game customer support. That's all.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

Let's take a semester off of physics and see how the real world looks like working for a real company in France, close to Paris. And so I sent my CV, I had an interview and said, awesome, when can you come? And then basically took the semester off, started at Blizzard. I loved it so much that from the half year I was taking off originally, that quickly became one year.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

Let's take a semester off of physics and see how the real world looks like working for a real company in France, close to Paris. And so I sent my CV, I had an interview and said, awesome, when can you come? And then basically took the semester off, started at Blizzard. I loved it so much that from the half year I was taking off originally, that quickly became one year.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

Then I changed from customer support to community management and communications. And then I stayed for 17 years total, instead of a quick semester and then going back.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

Then I changed from customer support to community management and communications. And then I stayed for 17 years total, instead of a quick semester and then going back.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

Okay, so I started in customer support, so basically helping players in our premier game at that point, World of Warcraft, if they had any issues in game. Then I quickly transitioned into community and communications, where the team that I worked in is the linchpin between the community and the game developers in the States. It's like they're communicating back and forth

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

Okay, so I started in customer support, so basically helping players in our premier game at that point, World of Warcraft, if they had any issues in game. Then I quickly transitioned into community and communications, where the team that I worked in is the linchpin between the community and the game developers in the States. It's like they're communicating back and forth

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

We try to get the game closer to the players, but also understand the players' needs better to feed that back to the developers, especially for the European market and the seven languages that we were looking after. I really loved that part because for me, succeeding together, that's where my heart beats.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

We try to get the game closer to the players, but also understand the players' needs better to feed that back to the developers, especially for the European market and the seven languages that we were looking after. I really loved that part because for me, succeeding together, that's where my heart beats.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

And it was in this position we were responsible for making sure that together with the community, we were creating the most awesome gaming experiences for all players. And that really fascinated me. I loved it. And that's why I gravitated to it so strongly. As I stayed in the team, I became more and more experienced with the subject matter.

Chief Change Officer
#112 When Loyalty Meets Layoffs: Benedikt Oehmen’s Mission to Guide Others Through Career Challenges – Part One

And it was in this position we were responsible for making sure that together with the community, we were creating the most awesome gaming experiences for all players. And that really fascinated me. I loved it. And that's why I gravitated to it so strongly. As I stayed in the team, I became more and more experienced with the subject matter.