Have you ever experienced that feeling? Suddenly the room is full of positive energy and you can build quickly and easily on your colleagues’ ideas, while they do the same. You feel valued and are surprised at just how quickly you can make progress, and – as if guided by an unseen force – exchange information, develop ideas, make decisions and initiate measures.

In psychology, such hyper-productive states are called flow experiences. As a person or group, you are absorbed in a task and can easily shut out doubts, ulterior motives and distractions. You are focused and committed, but without losing sight of the bigger picture ().