I am a 19-year-old student enrolled in an International Politics and Government program at Bocconi University. This summer I was searching for an internship opportunity to gain experience and came across a wonderful team working with flow theory, and a serious game called FLIGBY. Before starting the internship, I was encouraged to complete the FLIGBY…
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Machiavelli Vs. Csikszentmihályi: Go-get it leadership or flow leadership
Once in a position of power, does a leader focus solely on a goal, regardless of the impact on subordinates, or does a leader focus on the subordinates in order to successfully attain that same goal? There are various influential thinkers who have shared their theories as to what is the correct type of leadership,…
Power to the people and how it appears in the world of FLIGBY
Power. The word itself carries a reputation with it. Is power a bad thing, is it true that power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely? Or rather, does it depend on the type of power used. By definition, power is one’s ability to exert influence over other people’s actions, more specifically, to get…
EQ as a Leadership Skill
“Which are the Critical Leadership Skills in your opinion, Professor Buzády?” – How often do I hear this question by management students, highly successful executives and my management coaching clients. Well, the answer I give is always the same: for sustainable success, you must develop and then constantly enhance your People Skills. By this, I…
Fligby: now Flow makes sense
written by: Claudio A. Rivera I met Prof. Zoltan Buzady via CEEMAN association, that often promoted Fligby’s global network in their news letters . I now have finished my first-hand experience with FLIGBY as an innovative teaching tool and I am exploring ways of possibly including it into my own teaching practice at Riga Business School. For now…
Five Ways to Manage Your Social Media Addiction
This blog entry is from our guest author: Bernie Gourley (Writer and Yoga Teacher) I’m not suggesting that one needs to do away with checking email and social media. These are great tools that allow us, potentially, to be much more productive than without them. But a major problem with an addiction so invoked is that it can…
Flow-based Leadership
“Flow-based Leadership” blog entry is from our guest author: Judith L. Glick-Smith, Ph.D. (President/CEO – MentorFactor Inc.). Have you ever worked with a team of people who are all in flow? Great teams are committed and connected. Purpose binds them together. You will do whatever it takes to accomplish your goals. Working in an environment…
Book review: The high price of materialism
“Excessive consumption is usually the last refuge for those people, who live a tedious life and they don’t even have hope that it will be better someday. The accumulation of material wealth is a self-expression for those who have no other means to express their decisions, having their lives in their own hands and being…
Flow and Leadership
This is an executive summary of the application of the Flow concept to Leadership. Flow is a mental state in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment. “Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with…
Compilation of Game-Based Learning Journals
This blog entry is from our guest author: Michael Sutton (Game-Based Learning Innovator & Architect) My quest for high quality research associated with Game-Based Learning, Simulations, Serious Games, Gamification, Virtual Reality, Immersive Learning, etc. has been quite a challenge. In attempting to scour the Inet looking for useful material, I have complied a definitive list of…