By Fernando Almeida, Zoltan Buzady, Ana Ferro In: Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education (Scimago rating: Q2) Volume 29, November 2021, 100347 Higher education institutions are looking for new educational models that encourage actions that contribute to the transformation of society. In the development of these competencies, the active methodologies assume a relevant role.…
Do You Remember ‘Theme Hospital’?
How could spending hours sitting in front of your games console be good for you? Increasingly advancements in technology and pedagogical thinking point to considerable rewards associated with serious games and simulations for developing business skills. But where does this thinking come from? More importantly, does this mean that losing all concept of time in…
The ‘Flow’ Professor: Mihaly Csikszentmihaly (1934-2021)
Watch the Legacy of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Founder of Positive Psychology, Creator of FLIGBY, our Colleague and Friend – 3 Mins.
Recognizing leadership styles through the use of a serious game
By Fernando Almeida, Zoltan Buzady In: Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education (Q3), October 2021.https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-05-2021-0178 Abstract:Purpose:This study aims to present a practical approach to recognizing leadership styles by adopting a serious game in the context of an entrepreneurship course in higher education.Design methodology:The action-research methodology is adopted to explore how the various leadership styles…
Millennials’ Leadership Skills for Promoting Flow and Profit in a Business Simulation
By Ali Badibanga and Matthew Ohlson https://doi.org/10.1002/jls.21768 ABSTRACT: Driven in part by the demands of an increasing number of millennial employees, organizations continue to shift away from traditional, hierarchical, command and control business strategies that may have focused solely on generating profit to enabling organizational cultures that focus on both people and profit. In the…
The simple reason why happy people have more capital
Video interview with Dr. Zoltan Buzady, Associate Professor, DirectorGlobal Expert in Flow Leadership Development #flowstate #leadershipdevelopment via #gamificationoflearning #interview
FLIGBY Players’ Learning Diary
From the FLIGBY ‘play and learn’ diary of Erika (Business Student, Finnland): INTRO Most of us expect that stars on the stage (let it be a concert hall or a theatre) are in Flow and most probably also the professors should be shining in a focused way once delivering the lecture. What about the students…
Insights & Trends – An Interview with Prof. Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
Insights & Trends – An Interview with Prof. Mihaly Csikszentmihaly and Dr. Zoltan Buzady on #FLIGBY and Ditigal Leadership Development More FLIGBY videos:
‘What is FLIGBY & who is using it?’ Quick video with Prof. Csikszentmihalyi (1 min.)
We have asked Prof. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the founder of positive psychology & discoverer of #Flow, to tells about FLIGBY. In our brief videoreport, he shares a few successful projects and corporations, who have already used FLIGBY for finding more Flow at work. FLIGBY is the global award-winning Serious Game solution for the development of Flow-promoting…
How to find Flow in Eco-Sustainable Coworking Spaces?
Collaboration in eco-sustainable spaces through the perspective of Flow theory The central phenomenon of my research is the examination of space and its interactions. At an early stage, I determined the appearance of collaboration in coworking spaces, initially with a qualitative in-depth interview, later with a special research method named videography. In the long-term, I…