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…
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List of Our Most Important 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. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s official…
The Theory of “Flow” And Its Relevance for Organizations – 1st part from the working paper
Since the publication of ‘Missing Link Discovered,’ Zoltan Buzady (Ph.D., Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary) and Paul Marer (Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Hungary) have continued researching the implications of the theory of Flow for effective leadership, elaborating on and expanding the book’s first two chapters. This Working Paper is a progress report on that continuing research; the first of two…
Exploring the role of a serious game in developing competencies in higher tourism education
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.…
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…
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How to become a real PRO in Flow-promoting Leadership?
Dear Colleagues, Partners, and Friends! (1) I am sharing with you now the ESSENCE Flow-promoting Leadership Theory in a concise, edited webinar-video (56 Minutes). (2) After it you will be highly interested in finding out about your own leadership skills portfolio too! (3) You will wish to become a real PRO in Flow-leadership via FLIGBY,…
Intelligent Optimism – A Privilege of Naïves?
Last week I followed a report on Estonian National TV on how to handle the corona crisis in our healthcare institutions. One of the doctors mentioned during her interview that she was very worried before entering the emergency room filled with corona patients for the first time, but just one look at the naturally behaving…
Leadership Basics also work in times of crisis! (updated with TIPS!)
The main reason why I decided to ask for an interview from Ester Eomois, one of my TOP3 inspirators and an experienced leader, was that through the whole crisis she was the calmest and most relaxed colleague of mine. Suspicious, as I am, I wondered if she might have a secret “managerial weapon” and through…
Learning Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Through Flow Theory and FLIGBY Game
By: Fernando Almeida (Polytechnic Institute of Gaya, Porto, Portugal) and Zoltán Buzády (Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary) In: International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (IJVPLE)9(1) 2019 |Volume: 9 |Issue: 1 |Article: 1 |Pages: 15 ISSN: 1947-8518|EISSN: 1947-8526|DOI: 10.4018/IJVPLE.2019010101https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/article/218214 Download here. ABSTRACT This article performs an exploratory study of the potential of flow theory and the FLIGBY game to contribute to developing entrepreneurship competencies among higher…