1. Csikszentmihalyi’s FLOW is Good Business™
the ultimate leadership simulation game and blended learning solution

3. Who is playing? (1.)

4. What we can learn from Computer Games
Clark Aldrich
You are the key to success – Computer games have to be the most Empowering activities around.
Mistakes are necessary on the path to success – Trial and error.
Things are connected – Games are complex and intertwined systems.
How to learn
Computer literacy – People who spend time playing with computers become very comfortable with computers.

5. Developing the 21st-Century Leader
Major business challenges driving the need for effective 21st-century leadership
Cost pressures
Virtual workplace structures
Regulatory environment
Retaining talent
Corporate social responsibility
Insufficient talent overall
New competitors
Insufficient number of leaders
Attracting talent
Expanding into new markets
Gaining access to capital
Ethical leadership
Current competitors
Driving sales growth
Changing buying patterns
Changing methods of distribution
Diversity in the workforce
Operational excellence
Employee productivity
Enabling business growth
Environmental responsibility
Improving customer satisfaction
Controlling healthcare costs
Integrating new technologies
Lack of trust among leaders and employees
Succeeding with mergers and acquisitions
Technology challenges
Source: Achieveglobal
A multi-level analysis of global trends in leadership challenges and practices
2010

6. FLOW is Good Business Leadership Creativity Serious gaming
Csíkszentmihályi
Online simulation
Skill development
Blended Learning
Serious gaming
Innovation
California
Creativity
Interactive learning
Sonoma Valley
Personal feedback
Multimedia
Being in the zone
Balance between challenges and skills
Increased performance
Positive psychology
Making of meaning
Strategic thinking
Motivating others
Clear goals
Leading change
Leading teams
Entrepreneurship
Enhancing self esteem
Competences
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7. Why FLIGBY®?
Learning by Doing – For anyone who understands that “being fully engaged” is a key ingredient of the future of business, games are the definitive model. People learn better when they don't know they are learning.
“Flow” Makes Your Business Stronger – Flow is one of the most crucial conditions for good leadership and sustainable business today. When Flow is achieved by its stakeholders, company will generate more profit.
FLIGBY Saves You Money – 120-days complex leadership development experience just for $200 with great blended learning possibilities.
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8. Narrative Context – The Turul Winery
The player takes on the role of the General Manager of the well-established and well- known Turul Winery, in California and faces the challenging task of having to achieve a state of harmony and co-operation in a team significantly weakened by internal conflicts. Will it be possible to win the international "Spirit of Wine Award" as a direct result of leadership skills and efforts?
Good Games have
Good Backstories
Check out Turul’s website (
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9. FLIGBY’s Screen Structure (Main User Interface)
Virtual Time in the Story
“Full Screen” Button
Control Panel
FLIGBY Media Library
Flow Trophies
Flow Gauge Button
“Magic FLIGBY Button”
Next Button
Link to Turul Winery’s external website
Subtitle Field
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10. FLIGBY’s Screen Structure (Flow Gauge - 1)
Changes in the Flow State
Quick Links to Personal Profiles
Profitability Index of the Winery
FLOW Meter of the Winery
“Flow Status / Personal Profile” Switch
"Flow Meter" is the CORPORATE ATMOSPHERE METER of the Turul Winery which shows the average mood inside the organization.
The
PROFITABILITY INDEX shows how a player's decision impacts Turul Winery's revenue generating ability.
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11. Flow and Business (1.)
Flow✗ is one of the most crucial conditions for good leadership and sustainable business.
When Flow is achieved by the stakeholders (employees, managers, customers), the company generates more profit.
✗Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person in an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity.
Flow is characterized by intense concentration, loss of self-awareness, a feeling of being perfectly challenged and a sense that "time is flying”.
Flow is an intrinsically rewarding experience and it can also help one achieve a goal or improve skills. Anyone can experience Flow in many different regards, such as play, creativity and work.
To experience Flow, one needs to have the relevant level of challenges for their particular skillset.

12. Flow and Business (2.) Good Business Good Leadership
Flow is one of the most crucial conditions of
good leadership and sustainable business.
Good Business
Flow-based organization promotes employee engagement and positive attitudes in the workplace.
Done well, it helps to reduce costs, employee complaints and makes the company a place that people enjoy being a part of.
The „Flow is Good Business™” simulation teaches managers how to become leaders who effectively create an environment in which Flow can flourish.
Good Leadership
Flow state of the company’s stakeholders
(employees, managers, costumers…) generates more profit.

13. Leadership Skills Tested by FLIGBY®
The extensive research which was part of the development of FLIGBY®, partly on the basis of the Professor Csikszentmihalyi’s book titled “Good Business”, identified the leadership skills contributing to create and maintain the Flow-state. These 29 skills were named “FLIGBY Leadership Skillset”.
The course and the decision points of the game were built up to test these leadership skills.
7. Commu-nication Skill 1.
Active Listening
3. Assertive-ness
6. Business-oriented Thinking
8. Conflict-mana-gement
10. Diploma-tic Skills
5. Building Engage-ment
2. Analyzing Skill
4. Balancing Skill
9. Delegating
13. Enterpre-nuership
20. Motivati-onal Skills
11. Emotional Intelli-gence
14. Execution Skills
16. Future-focused Thinking
15. Feedback Skill
17. Information Gathering
18. Intuitive Thinking
19.
Involvement
12. Empower-ment
22. Prioriza-tion Skill
29. Time Manage-ment Skills
24. Realizing Personal Strenghts
28. Teamwork Mana-gement
21. Organi-zing Skills
27. Strategic Thinking
23. Quick Decision-making
26. Social Responsi-bility
25. Social System Thinking

14. The Basic Components of FLIGBY®
The FLIGBY online system has been developed to be suitable for the summarization and evaluation of the users’ results on individual and on group level beside the game itself.
FLIGBY® Online Reporting Module
FLIGBY® Online Simulation
FLIGBY Interactive User Interface
(Story Videos, Decision Points, Media Library)
FLIGBY Game Engine
(Rules and Feedback System)
FLIGBY Data Base
(Storage of End-user’s Data)
FLIGBY Leadership Skills Engine
(Evaluation System)
FLIGBY Reporting Module User Interface
(Report Generation)
The comparison of the decision alternatives chosen by the user and the leadership skill values belonging to them.
Directs the story and operates the evaluation according to user’s decisions
System elements used during the gameplay by the End-user
FLIGBY is hosted through the Amazon Cloud Services
System elements used during the evaluation by the Solution Provider

15. Reporting - What the Player Cannot See
This part of FLIGBY®’s feedback system is for professional use: Several Leadership Skills are tested at the same time at the Strategic Decision Points of the game. If the player makes a right decision the system raises the values of the skills belonging to that certain decision point on the player’s assessment sheet. This means that the „relative strength” of the certain skills in the players’ leadership styles can be concluded from the decisions they make.
The strategic decision points test several relevant leadership skills at the same time.
The game tests each skill on the basis of several decisions. This multiple testing ensures the reliability of the feedback.

16. For more information, please contact our FLIGBY BLS® management!
Contacts
For more information, please contact our FLIGBY BLS® management!
Zsadany „ZAD” Vecsey
Managing Director
Mail:
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