How to grade FLIGBY in your class?

How to grade FLIGBY? – an actual question we frequently get from academic colleagues. The upcoming generations prefer a different, advanced way of learning that might include interactive movies, for example.  However, one thing doesn’t change: the need for grading and evaluation of progress and learning – especially at the end of an academic course…

Exploring the Impact of a Serious Game in the Academic Success of Entrepreneurship Students

By: Almeida, F., & Buzady, Z. (2023).In: Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00472395231153187 Abstract: This study presents mainly practical implications for higher education institutions that offer courses in the entrepreneurship field, and that intend to promote the develop-ment of soft skills competencies in their students. Serious games are increasingly present in higher education and…

30 Years Jubilee: Super Bowl, Flow, Creativity & You!

Today, 30 years ago, in 1993, in February, a set of rather extraordinary and important events happened. Many people have been inspired to creativity by the ideas of Prof. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. But only a few people know that the widespread use of the Flow theory is the result of “an unusual association. In 1993 Jimmy Johnson, coach…

Let me recommend to you the following process for success!

HOW TO CONDUCT YOUR OWN ANNUAL REVIEW   Maybe you are like me a bit!? For many years I’ve spent the better part of a week in late December planning my life for the next year. Overall, this is probably the best decision I’ve made in terms of working towards multiple goals simultaneously. The idea…

FLIGBY’s 29 Leadership Skills Analysis of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia – latest research data

What people skills do you use most during work or other everyday activities? What are the competencies you use less but should? The “Leadership Skills Profile” is the award-winning, ultimate FLIGBY assessment designed along Prof. Csikszentmihalyi’s guidelines and insights.  The following summary shows how these 29 skills are distributed on average in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia,…

FLIGBY: the Serious Game Harnessing Flow Experience for Leadership Development

By: Kristina Risley, University of Westminster, London, UK [orcid: 0000-0002-4368-6175] and Zoltan Buzady Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary [orcid: 0000-0001-5553-7583] presented at GALA Games and Learning Alliance Conference, Tampere, Finland Risley, K., Buzady, Z. (2022). FLIGBY: The Serious Game Harnessing Flow Experience for Leadership Development. In: Kiili, K., Antti, K., de Rosa, F., Dindar,…

The Power Behind Your Mission

As a fresh and happy graduate from the Executive EMBA Program at the CORVINUS University of Budapest, I would like to share my great experience with using the theory of FLOW in my final MBA thesis and the outcomes. Already since the first class on “Leading People” with our professor Dr. Zoltan Buzady (Academic Director…

Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies among Tourism Students using FLIGBY

By: Ana Ferro (ISPGAYA), Zoltan Buzady (Corvinus University of Budapest) & Fernando Almeida (University of Porto & INESCTEC) In: Journal of Hospitality& Tourism Education – Scopus cite score: 3.2, (Q2)DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10963758.2022.2109475 AbstractThis article seeks to present an initiative to integrate a serious game into an entrepreneurship course, attended by tourism students, which enables them to…

Exploring flow-promoting management and leadership skills via serious gaming

By: Zoltan Buzady, Agnes Wimmer, Anita Csesznak & Peter Szentesi at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary In: Interactive Learning Environments Scopus cite score: 7.2, (Q1)DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2022.2098775 AbstractThe considerable proliferation of serious games (SG) in management education necessitates an academic foundation grounded in the concepts and practice of leadership, Flow, learning and development theory. Going beyond…

game-based profiling

Analyzing FLIGBY’s Immense Data Set – video interview

Game-based profiling: Analyzing FLIGBY’s user data – What are the most interesting findings? The growing demand for experiential learning is paving the way for gamified leadership development programs. FLIGBY is a serious game software with an interactive movie design. It offers the user a choice about which direction a given segment may proceed. The scenario-based approach used by FLIGBY…