​​What is the most important aspect you have learned in the Leading People course?

Flow-Leadership Skills Development via Serious Game FLIGBY See Also: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7063519593989836800/ The most important thing I learned in this course was how dramatically you can increase performance and well-being by accurately mapping each person’s current state. Anyone who has experienced the flow state knows that the more time you spend in it the better. I would…

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…

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…

Gamification in Higher Education (LiveStream)

Watch the latest YouTube LiveStream on “Gamification in Higher Education” with Marge Sassi, Flow-Enthusiast and our academic-educational partners at the Estonian Business School (30 Mins.) Topics: Simulations at EBS.ed, Key Learnings from Gamification, Value of Gamification, Biggest Surprise, Lifelikeness of Simulations

Do you enjoy diversity?

Once upon a time, there was a professor who enjoyed hiking in distant countries, while embracing great discussions in a good community. It is not just the heights that attract him, but most of all, he enjoys the journey itself. To be honest, this gentleman looks as if he was constantly in Flow – focused…

Simulation Game or Team Member as Teachers?

A university has been and will be a safe place and I am not speaking about being a ‘clean’ environment in the classical sense. Today’s university is a ‘safe place to fail’ as it provides students with opportunities to practice something, that one cannot learn simply by studying a book. The business game Dynama is…

Facing ‘the new normal’ requires re-defining our existence

Head of the Department of Management and lecturer at Estonian Business School, Marge Täks has faced many changes in her life: among others switching from the corporate world to a career in academia. Nevertheless, after returning from holidays in India in March 2020 (which was also the first time she did not take a laptop…

Reason to Celebrate! – A full month of full online teaching –

Last week I was happy to report about the Flow state I have experienced while teaching my 5th group of FLIGBY students. Today, there is even more Flow around us in spite of the “virtuality”… Estonian Business School (EBS)  moved all of its teachings to Canvas Conferences as the main online teaching platform 4 weeks…

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…

Flow Greetings from Estonia!

Greetings from Estonia! I am one of 1.3 million Estonians, a lecturer and a Ph.D. candidate from Estonian Business School. Working in the oldest private university in the Baltic States is a privilege, especially as it is currently a home for 1500 students yearly and you really get to know your students well. Until meeting…