The Eleven Elements of Team Flow

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What is one of the experiential characteristics of individual flow?

  • Anxiety
  • Worry
  • Merging of action and awareness (correct)
  • Control

According to the text, what is a prerequisite for individual flow?

  • Constructive feedback
  • Clear proximal goals (correct)
  • Low skill level
  • Relaxation

What is the shared experience in which all team members are completely involved in a collaboration towards a gratifying and challenging common task?

  • Low skill level
  • Group apathy
  • Team flow (correct)
  • Relaxation

According to the text, what element affects the team's behavior and performance by any number of factors?

<p>Team dynamic (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does team flow primarily originate from, according to the text?

<p>Optimized team dynamic (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is one of the benefits of flow experiences?

<p>Satisfaction with life (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of the student competition mentioned in the passage?

<p>Solving a sustainability issue (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, what is essential for a team to perform at a high level in a long competition?

<p>Effective division of labor (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the passage propose as the key to empowering a team for high performance?

<p>Flow (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of challenge does the passage suggest depends on knowledge work and teamwork?

<p>Business challenges (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which university's team successfully created a solar-powered car for the World Solar Challenge in Australia?

<p>Eindhoven University of Technology (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the central theme of the passage?

<p>Achieving flow for optimal performance (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main idea of the passage?

<p>The benefits and prerequisites of team flow experiences. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for flow experienced during the execution of personal tasks for the team’s purpose?

<p>Individual task flow (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for experiencing flow through contagion by other team members’ individual task flow experiences while completing a task together?

<p>Contagious flow (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What level of flow occurs when the unit’s performance as an entity is functioning at the peak of its abilities?

<p>Unit flow (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some factors that inhibit team flow experiences according to the passage?

<p>Negativity, politics, ambiguity. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, what is necessary to promote team flow and avoid pitfalls?

<p>Proper precautions, planning, and coaching. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element of flow involves engaging in an activity because it is intrinsically rewarding and worth doing for its own sake?

<p>Autotelicity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Csíkszentmihályi, what is one of the main elements that can increase the probability of a flow experience?

<p>Setting clear, proximal goals (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element of flow is a form of complete concentration that excludes all distractions?

<p>Complete concentration that excludes all distractions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of flow that excludes all distractions and applies full attention only to the current activity?

<p>Complete concentration that excludes all distractions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element of flow involves a sense of control over the task at hand and a focus on achieving the goal without fear of failure?

<p>Sense of control over the task at hand (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Csíkszentmihályi, what is one of the original core aspects of flow?

<p>Autotelicity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the collective ambition in team flow experiences?

<p>It includes recognizing the uniqueness of the team members and their contribution to the goal (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is crucial for team members to experience flow during task execution?

<p>A guarantee of success without inducing anxiety (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the characteristics present in optimal collaboration during team flow?

<p>A sense of unity, joint progress, and implicit mutual trust (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is represented by the red octagon in the Team Flow Model?

<p>Collective ambition and starting point anchor point (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is necessary to promote the emergence of team flow according to the text?

<p>Mutual commitment and clear and challenging task division (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between individual flow experiences and team flow experiences?

<p>Individual flow lacks the social dimension present in team flow (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What serves as the proverbial 'stake in the ground' amidst chaos and complexity in a team?

<p>Collective ambition (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what can lead to irrational decision-making by groupthink?

<p>Collective mindset (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In a challenge-based learning environment, what is it important for individual team members to experience during the performance of their personal task for the team?

<p>Professional autonomy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should leaders provide for teams to be self-determining, according to the text?

<p>Freedom and resources (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what should professional autonomy be balanced with?

<p>Alignment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest is incumbent upon leaders to provide?

<p>Freedom and resources (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what are participants likely to experience if the team focuses on team flow?

<p>Useful, enjoyable, educational, and effective experience (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest as a method for creating systems of accountability and constructive feedback?

<p>Balance between alignment and professional autonomy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which organization is mentioned as an example for how a challenging collective ambition can be turned into a reality through team flow?

<p>The Eindhoven Solar Team (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What role does a skilled facilitator play in team flow, according to the text?

<p>Strengthening relationships among team members (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of founding teams with a more diverse background in opportunity discovery, according to the text?

<p>They identify more and more varied (distant) market opportunities (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where are new opportunities found, as mentioned in the text?

<p>In the problem space and solution space overlap (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do megatrends impact, according to the text?

<p>Business, economy, society, cultures, and personal lives (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can megatrends be used by entrepreneurs, based on the text?

<p>To identify relevant signals and drivers that might impact (potential) customers and markets (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text propose is necessary for entrepreneurs to create new products, ventures, or markets?

<p>Interaction and transformation through stakeholder negotiations (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of problem space mentioned in the text?

<p>It is where all customer needs are (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the concept of flow involve according to Csíkszentmihályi's research?

<p>A holistic sensation that people feel when they act in total involvement (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of individual flow experiences, as described in the text?

<p>Distorted experience of time (inner time) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is a necessary element for experiencing flow, both individually and as a team?

<p>Clear proximal goal(s) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary source of flow experiences, according to the text?

<p>Intrinsic motivation (autotelic) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Csíkszentmihályi's research, what is a key characteristic of the flow experience?

<p>Merging of action and awareness (almost automatic) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the elements of the flow experience that excludes all distractions and applies full attention only to the current activity?

<p>Complete concentration (no distractions) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of the lecture, who serves as the first point of contact for student questions?

<p>Student Assistant Kjell Revenberg (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the department under which the Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship & Marketing (ITEM) group falls?

<p>Department of Industrial Engineering &amp; Innovation Sciences (IE&amp;IS) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is mentioned as the course coordinator in the lecture?

<p>Dr. Jef van den Hout (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group is assigned to student tutors in the course?

<p>Assigned Tutors (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what forum are students advised to first check for questions before contacting the Student Assistant?

<p>Canvas (discussion forum) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which event is scheduled for Thursday in the context of the lecture?

<p>Workshop Teaming Up for Flow (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of the course Introduction to Technology Entrepreneurship (1ZEUB0)?

<p>Evaluating and exploiting opportunities to create future goods and services (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the European Commission, what is the entrepreneurial mindset?

<p>Blending risk-taking, creativity, and innovation within new or existing organizations (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Robert McGrath and Ian MacMillan identify as a characteristic of habitual entrepreneurs' mindset?

<p>Focusing on adaptive execution and engaging the energies of everyone in their domain (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of enterprising individuals in the discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities?

<p>Identifying different opportunities based on their prior knowledge (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is necessary for entrepreneurs to create and develop economic activity according to the European Commission?

<p>Blending risk-taking, creativity, and innovation with sound management (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do enterprising individuals' prior knowledge affect their identification of entrepreneurial opportunities?

<p>It results in the identification of different opportunities and organization of entrepreneurial efforts (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element of team flow involves a shared holistic focus?

<p>Sense of joint progress (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a prerequisite for individual flow according to the text?

<p>Complete concentration (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what affects the team's behavior and performance by any number of factors?

<p>Safe climate (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the main elements that can increase the probability of a flow experience according to Csíkszentmihályi?

<p>Clear proximal goals (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In a challenge-based learning environment, what is it important for individual team members to experience during the performance of their personal task for the team?

<p>&amp; Challenge skill balance (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest is incumbent upon leaders to provide for teams to be self-determining?

<p>&amp; psychological safety (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following elements is NOT a characteristic of the entrepreneurial mindset of habitual entrepreneurs, according to McGrath & MacMillan (2000)?

<p>Engaging the energies of everyone in the domain. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Amabile (1998), creativity within each individual is a function of three components. Which of the following is NOT one of these components?

<p>Empathy (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of human-centered design, which of the following is NOT one of the Brainstorm Rules according to the Field Guide?

<p>Multiple conversations at a time (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following represents the correct phases of human-centered design, according to the Field Guide?

<p>Inspiration, Ideation, Implementation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of technology entrepreneurship, which statement best describes demand-pull and technology-push ideas?

<p>Demand-pull idea implies Responding to a customer need or problem; Technology-push idea implies applying new solution to a problem. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text propose as a key factor in empowering a team for high performance?

<p>Sense of joint progress (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, what type of challenge depends on knowledge work and teamwork?

<p>Ambitious common goal (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of the course Introduction to Technology Entrepreneurship (1ZEUB0)?

<p>Entrepreneurship and opportunities (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is mentioned as the course coordinator in the lecture?

<p>Dr. Jef van den Hout (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the concept of flow involve according to Csíkszentmihályi's research?

<p>Excluding all distractions and applying full attention only to the current activity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What serves as the proverbial 'stake in the ground' amidst chaos and complexity in a team?

<p>Challenging collective ambition (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the main elements that can increase the probability of a flow experience according to Csíkszentmihályi?

<p>Collective ambition in team flow experiences (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the department under which the Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship & Marketing (ITEM) group falls?

<p>Department of Industrial Engineering &amp; Innovation Sciences (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key characteristic of team flow?

<p>Mutual commitment and aligned personal goals (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element is NOT part of the seven prerequisites for team flow?

<p>Low-skill integration (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of team flow?

<p>Team collaboration and progress towards a common goal (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is necessary for individuals to experience flow while executing tasks for the team's purpose?

<p>Aligned proximal personal goals contributing to the team goal (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of team flow model?

<p>Sense of joint progress and clear challenging common goal (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the shared experience in team flow?

<p>A sense of unity and making progress together (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is NOT part of the elements that can be more readily influenced in individual flow?

<p>Loss of reflective self-consciousness (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a prerequisite for individual flow experience?

<ul> <li>Merging of action and awareness (B)</li> </ul> Signup and view all the answers

'Loss of reflective self-consciousness' is an element indicative of which type of flow?

<ul> <li>Loss of control (B)</li> </ul> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of founding teams with a more diverse background in opportunity discovery?

<p>They identify more and more varied (distant) market opportunities. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where are new opportunities found, as mentioned in the text?

<p>New opportunities are found in unpredictable environments with limited information. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are new opportunities created, as discussed in the text?

<p>From who you are, what you know, and whom you know. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What represents the correct phases of human-centered design, according to the Field Guide?

<p>Problem exploration, idea generation, prototype evaluation, stakeholder negotiations. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary source of flow experiences, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Individuals' engagement in an activity that matches their skills and challenges. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest as a necessary element for experiencing flow, both individually and as a team?

<p>Engaging in activities intrinsically rewarding and worth doing for their own sake. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is crucial for team members to experience flow during task execution?

<p>Having control over the task at hand and focusing on achieving the goal without fear of failure. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the central theme of the course Introduction to Technology Entrepreneurship (1ZEUB0)?

<p>The entrepreneurial mindset and process (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the European Commission, what is the entrepreneurial mindset?

<p>Risk-taking and creativity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of enterprising individuals in the discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities?

<p>Discovery, evaluation, and exploitation of opportunities (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text propose is necessary for entrepreneurs to create and develop economic activity?

<p>Risk-taking, creativity, and/or innovation with sound management (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of the course Introduction to Technology Entrepreneurship (1ZEUB0)?

<p>Effectuation and entrepreneurial marketing (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the experiential characteristics of individual flow?

<p>Intrinsically rewarding activities (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest is incumbent upon leaders to provide for teams to be self-determining?

<p>Freedom to make decisions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Csíkszentmihályi's research, what is a key characteristic of the flow experience?

<p>Exclusion of all distractions during an activity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the main elements that can increase the probability of a flow experience according to Csíkszentmihályi?

<p>Sense of control over the task at hand (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do megatrends impact, according to the text?

<p>The discovery, evaluation, and exploitation of opportunities (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where are new opportunities found, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Based on information that entrepreneurs already possess (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text propose as a key factor in empowering a team for high performance?

<p>Engaging energies of everyone in their domain (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of the concept of flow as described in the text?

<p>To achieve complete concentration and satisfaction in the present moment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does divergent thinking involve, as explained in the text?

<p>Creating multiple possible solutions to a reframed problem (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of human-centered design, according to the text?

<p>Believing that the people who face problems hold the key to their answer (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the elements of the flow experience, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Loss of reflective self-consciousness (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary source of flow experiences, according to the text?

<p>Intrinsic motivation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is necessary to promote team flow and avoid pitfalls, based on the text?

<p>Clear proximal goal(s) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does embracing human-centered design mean, as discussed in the passage?

<p>Believing that seemingly intractable problems are solvable (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the experiential characteristics of individual flow, based on the text?

<p>[Merging] action and awareness (almost automatic) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What element of flow involves a sense of control over the situation and no fear of failure, as mentioned in the passage?

<p>[Intrinsic] motivation (autotelic) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is crucial for team members to experience flow during task execution, according to the text?

<p>Having a shared holistic focus (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, what type of challenge depends on knowledge work and teamwork?

<p>Cognitive challenge (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What role does a skilled facilitator play in team flow, according to the text?

<p>Setting clear proximal goals (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Amabile (1998), creativity within each individual is a function of three components. Which is the following is not one of these components.

<p>Empathy (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Field Guide for Human-Centered Design, what is not one of the Brainstorm Rules?

<p>Multiple conversations at a time (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three phases of human-centered design (according to the Field Guide)?

<p>Inspiration, Ideation, Implementation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a characteristic of the entrepreneurial mindset of habitual entrepreneurs (according to McGrath & MacMillan, 2000)?

<p>All of the above. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Finding the right idea for a venture can happen in different ways. Please consider the following statements: I: Demand-pull idea implies Responding to a customer need or problem. II: Technology-push idea implies applying new solution to a problem.

<p>I and II are both correct. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest is necessary for entrepreneurs to create new products, ventures, or markets?

<p>Open Communication (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Csíkszentmihályi, what serves as the proverbial 'stake in the ground' amidst chaos and complexity in a team?

<p>Clear and Challenging Task Division (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is represented by the red octagon in the Team Flow Model?

<p>'Stake in the Ground' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Csíkszentmihályi's research, what is a key characteristic of the flow experience?

<p>'Flow Channel' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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