LSP & Flow Theory

April 18, 2023

Theoretical Foundations

Jaka Oman

Jaka discussed the concept of flow and its importance in workshops, including the six common characteristics of flow and the four stages of the flow cycle. They emphasized the importance of recognizing and embracing struggle and planning for active recovery to maintain flow consistency. Additionally, they summarized the seven main tools for flow management. Jaka discusses the focus of the presentation on experiencing flow in a workshop setting and leads a warm-up activity where participants build models representing when they are not in flow during workshops. He shares their background in promoting a methodology and connecting it to the concept of flow, including their work with the Flow Genome project and the Flow Research Collective. Jaka defines flow as the optimal state of consciousness when individuals feel and perform their best, often achieved through engaging in high skill, high challenge activities, and recognizes that flow is individualized. He introduces the six common characteristics of flow: complete concentration, merging of awareness and activity, sense of self vanishes, time dilation, feeling and paradox of control, autotelic experience. Jaka discusses the importance of balancing flow and other states and breaks down the components of a workshop into pre-workshop, in-workshop, and post-workshop stages. He describes the four stages of the flow cycle (struggle, release, flow, and recovery) and emphasizes the importance of recognizing and embracing struggle, as well as planning for active recovery to maintain flow. Jaka discusses the importance of active recovery protocols for achieving flow consistency and summarizes the seven main tools for flow management.