Peak Performance and Flow
When we are in the state of Flow, we perform at our peak
The primary benefit of Flow is that it can enhance human performance in every domain of human work and creativity. With Flow, you get better results faster.
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. Flow, creativity, and happiness are related.
FLIGBY shows the relation between peak performance and flow. This is the official Flow-program for decision-makers developed by Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and ALEAS Group.
When individuals engage with FLIGBY, they learn leadership skills and experience scenarios that can help them achieve a state of flow where they perform at their peak. The game is designed to create a Flow-promoting work environment, allowing players to practice and develop their leadership competencies in a dynamic setting. By simulating real-world business events, FLIGBY encourages players to reflect on their strengths and how they can foster Flow in themselves and their teams. Ultimately, FLIGBY is a practical application of Flow theory, helping users understand how to integrate these principles into their leadership styles and organizational practices.
Experiencing Flow at regular intervals is the difference between a great team and just any team. It is the difference between outstanding performance and adequate performance. It is the difference between a fantastic day at work and just a good day at work. Facilitating Flow is a necessary condition of good leadership and is vital in sustaining business performance. Not only do our productivity levels soar, but we experience a deep sense of satisfaction. Work becomes a source of enjoyment.
“Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. The happiest people spend much time in a state of flow – the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at a high cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.
The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times. The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.”
Prof. Csikszentmihalyi on Flow
Flow teaches you to rise to challenges
The greater the Flow in an organization – that is, the greater the number of key employees in that state – the better the unit’s performance. Evidence shows that adopting Flow-promoting values and practices yields two substantial benefits, whether the context is managing oneself, interacting with others, or leading a team.
What are the benefits of Flow? The first benefit comes from improving the life satisfaction of the self and those exposed, directly or indirectly.
The second benefit of a Flow-promoting environment is that it improves the multi-dimensional performance of the individual, the team, the unit, or the organization. Multi-dimensional performance means measuring accomplishments not only via profits (in the case of not-for-profit entities, “surplus”) but also by developing personal satisfaction and engagement, sustainability of operations, and protection of the environment.