Triet Phan's articles
A 90-day pilot succeeds when it closes one complete loop — from player signal to recognised outcome — under real operating conditions. Read more ›
Post-purchase operations are part of retention: the player should never have to reconcile payment, entitlement and support systems on the studio’s behalf. Read more ›
Checkout is a trust-preserving handoff: identity, offer meaning, total price and the next action must remain coherent until the player authorizes payment. Read more ›
LiveOps capability is an organisational property: clear ownership, controlled work in progress, reusable operating rules and fast recovery when change creates unintended consequences. Read more ›
Identity creates value when it reduces repetition for the player and increases relevance for the game — a service promise, not a data collection project. Read more ›
The DTC business case should be built around a counterfactual: what would this player, cohort or market have done without the direct intervention? Read more ›
A GameHub earns a place in the player’s routine when it preserves context between the game, the player and the community — so each visit makes the next interaction clearer. Read more ›
DTC readiness is not a company-size threshold. It is the ability to operate one direct-player journey safely, learn from it and repeat it — starting with one capability gap. Read more ›
Returning to the Asian Institute of Technology always feels like coming home. As a member of the first batch of PMBADT cohort, I recently had the privilege of stepping back… Read more ›
In physics, scientists spend lifetimes searching for the “Unified Field Theory”—a single framework to explain all forces in the universe. In management, we are searching for something similar. Why do… Read more ›
In the relentless current of modern business, the very nature of change itself is evolving. We often speak of “change management” as a linear process, a predictable journey from point… Read more ›
In the landscape of modern business, change is the only constant. Leaders invest countless hours and resources into crafting meticulous strategies, detailed roadmaps, and cutting-edge technological solutions to navigate transformation…. Read more ›