I studied the work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi when completing my degree in Psychology and incorporated his ideas into the adult learning section of a Microsoft Certified Training program I wrote and managed.

Mihaly developed the concept of Flow; the mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity.

Imagine what we could develop if all disciplines worked together in an effort to create an experience of flow for the people for whom we are designing!?

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi teaches psychology and management at Claremont Graduate University, focusing on human strengths such as optimism, motivation and responsibility. He’s the director the the Quality of Life Research Center there. He has written numerous books and papers about the search for joy and fulfillment.