Lecture of the Year, 2025 We are thrilled to share fantastic news from the FLIGBY community! Prof. Zoltan Buzady, the esteemed head of FLIGBY’s academic network, the Flow Leadership Global Research Lab, has received the prestigious “Lecturer of the Year” award. Bruno van Pottelsberghe, the rector of Corvinus University of Budapest, a leading institution in Central Europe for…
The Home of FLIGBY’s Global Academic Research Center, Corvinus University Makes GLOBAL TOP 20 in MBA Rankings! (via fligy.com)
Corvinus Executive MBA in the World’s Top League cross-posted from www.fligby.com Corvinus University has achieved a remarkable milestone by being ranked among the World’s Top 20 MBAs in the QS International Trade Ranking 2025. This prestigious recognition highlights the university’s commitment to excellence in business education and enhances its global reputation. The ranking is expected to attract…
List of Our Most Important Academic Publications
FLIGBY’s academic publications: The Leadership & Flow Global Research Network promotes academic cooperation, research, and publication in the broader fields related to Flow and Leadership theory, as well as the usage of Serious Games in teaching and training, skills measurement, and HR predictive analytics. Most publications below are also enabled and driven by FLIGBY, Prof.…
How to conduct a Peer Feedback Conversation and find Flow!
Tips, Tricks & Best Practices Fligby is an excellent leadership development tool for sure. By using the virtual-reality-like, interactive-movie-based simulated leadership situations it is the latest tool to train player-participants to become better leaders. The training process also teaches them how they can bring out the best abilities and creativity of their team and staff…
46 From Flow to FLIGBY – The Use of a Digitial Serious Game in Higher Education (in Hungarian)
By: Emese Belényesi and Győrfyné Kukoda AndreaIn: Jel-Kép—Journal of the Hungarian Society of Communication Science DOI: https://doi.org/10.20520/JEL-KEP.2025.2.41 Abstract This study is based on using FLIGBY (Flow Is Good Business for You) – a digital serious game specifically designed for measuring and developing leadership skills – in higher education. It examines the aspects of decision-making based…
Remembering Professor Paul Marer
A Legacy of Dedication and Impact Although Prof. Paul Marer, Paul, as we called him, devoted much of his recent years to writing a book about his extraordinary life, his impact on the FLIGBY community during the 2010s was truly indispensable. Those who knew him would agree on one thing: Paul was a person of exceptional…
45 Managers’ Sustainable Leadership Competencies across Hungary, Kazakhstan, and Türkiye: Effects of personal, organizational, and industry factors
By: Anastassiya Lipovka, Almaty Management University; Zoltan Buzady, Corvinus University of Budapest; and Kuanysh Abeshev, Almaty Management University In: Problems and Perspectives in Management Full text via DOI here:http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.23(4).2025.34 Abstract:Sustainable leadership has become one of the widely addressed topics over the last decade, both in business and academia. This paper examines how personal, organizational, and…
Corvinus University’s Outstanding Teaching Award to FLIGB’s Academic Research Director, Dr. Zoltan Buzady
I feel honored to have received the “#Lecturer of the #Year” distinction at the Corvinus 2025 Awards ceremony. Dr. Zoltan Buzady In his speech, Rector Bruno van Pottelsberghe remarked that the end of the year is a time for reflection, evaluation, gratitude, and recognition. Our clear vision is to strengthen Corvinus as a university of…
43 Simulating Leadership Across Cultures: Exploring the Role of Sustainable and Transformational Leadership Styles in Decision-Making Skills
By: Gavkhar Turaeva and Zoltan Buzady, Corvinus University of Budapest At the IACCM (International Association of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management) Conferenceheld October 29-31, 2025 at Corvinus University of Budapesthttps://www.uni-corvinus.hu/post/landing-page/iaccm-2025/?lang=en Full presentation here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CmlwYwjW0I0fdFxbbd_iP72LWBHcAl2b/view?usp=sharing Abstract : This research explores the impact of sustainable and transformational leadership styles on decision-making skills in cross-cultural, simulated management contexts. Sustainable leadership prioritises…
Why did Forrest Gump just ‘feel like running’?
The book reviewed in the foreword by Dr. Zoltan Buzady Associate Professor of Leadership, Corvinus University of BudapestDirector, Leadership & Flow Global Research Network “Running Flow” Mental immersion techniques for better running An international bestseller book by Prof. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi CSIKSZENTMIHALYI “A Futás Öröme” (Libri Kiadó, 2018) ITT. “I am too stressed out! I am trying hard to do my…
The Optimal Experience (Aka: The Flow): Honoring Prof. Csikszentmihalyi’s Seminal Legacy in Executive Leadership
On this special date, it is a time to celebrate the boundless influence and eternal wisdom of my friend and esteemed academic colleague, Prof. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. His legacy, centered on the concept of Flow, has fundamentally reshaped psychology, leadership, and our understanding of human happiness, providing a blueprint for optimal living. He also designed Flow-Is-Good-Business-For-You,…









