This document provides an introduction and overview of a master class on flow, leadership, and serious games taught by Dr. Zoltan Buzady. It discusses the concepts of flow and how creating a flow-promoting environment can benefit individuals, groups, and organizations. It also introduces a new business simulation game called FLIGBY that is designed to develop flow-based leadership skills through gameplay. The document outlines some key lessons from flow theory and leadership, including the importance of clear tasks, balancing skills and challenges, giving and receiving feedback, and focusing without multitasking. It provides an example of the game's dashboard and assessment of leadership skills.

1. Flow, Leadership &
SerousGames
Master-class
Dr. Zoltan Buzady
Associate Professor of Management and Organization, CEU
Business School, Hungary
International Leadership Expert and Executive Coach
zoltan@buzady.hu
www.flowleadership.org

2. Budapest - At the cross-roads of East&West - a Center of Innovation

3. WORLD OF TOURISM Week 1: INTRODUCTION
The geography of Zoltán Buzády
London,
LSE & Cass
Business School
Stockholm
Budapest
GE-Lighting, Corvinus
University, CEU
Business School
Barcelona
IESE
Munich
& Passau
Universität
Paris
HEC
Kiev
MIM Business School
Almaty
AlmaU, KBTU, SDU,
Narxos

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6. 1
What is ‘Flow’?

7. What is ‘Flow’

9. Prof. Mihály Csíkszentmihalyi
Чиксентмихайи, Михай

11. „Flow”
A mental state in which a person performing an
activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized
focus, full involvement, and enjoyment.

12. "Nothing is more practical
than a good theory."

13. States of Mind of an Average Person

15. Flow, Happiness & Success
Flow enhances happiness &
increases the chances of success.

16. 2
Flow
&
Leadership

17. „Flow”
Flow is creativity, and leads to happiness and
benefits the individual, group, organization and
society.

19. “The best way to manage people is to
create an environment
where employees enjoy their work and
grow in the process of doing it.
Thus create a Flow-promoting environment! „
M. Csikszentmihaly & Z. Buzady

22. 3
Flow, Leadership
&
Business Games

25. “I cannot teach anybody anything.
I can only make them think.”
Socrates

28. Our new book

29. FLIGBY
● Csikszentmihalyi’s Official Flow-
leadership-development game
● #1-global-award-winner
(Seatle, 2014)

30. Be the GM for 1 Season of a Californian Winery (23 Scenes ~9-12 hours in total)
Dynamic, multiple storyboard – depending on your decisions and reactions

31. "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet.
But your kids are gonna love it!"
Marty McFly, "Back to the Future" movie character
Scenes 1+2
Scene 14(cfc15)

32. Lesson #1
Clear Tasks

33. „The characters / Your management team”
Ellen McMason
Tasting room &
hospitality
manager.
At the winery for
35+ years.
Joe Salieri
PR and
events
manager,
Bob’s
nephew .
Larry Turul
Assistant
vineyard
manager and
assistant wine
maker. Bob’s
grandson.
Jen Goodwin
Executive
assistant and
back-office
manager...
Rebecca Saber
Sales manager.
Chris Strictland
Vineyard
manager,
responsible for
growing the
grapes.
Alex Davenport
Chief
winemaker. At
the winery for
over 20 years.
Bob Turul
Owner of
the winery.

34. Lesson #2
Balance
Skills & Challenges
(gradually…)

36. Lesson #3
Give & Receive
Feedback

37. FLIGBY’s Dashboard with the „Flow-Meter”, Profitability Tracking,
Corporate Athmosphere Gauge and Number of Flow Trophies
Scene 20 (=19)

39. 29 Leadership skills
assessed on 90+ key
mgmt decisions
during game play

40. Lesson #4
Focus!
No Multitasking

41. Flowleadership.org
zoltan@buzady.hu
Thank you my friends!