ForeF – Introduction

#1 Priority – Manage your Flow

What is Flow? There are many definitions of Flow, however the essence is a feeling of being energized and involved. Flow is a popular term both in science and business.

Why is Flow important? In short: energy and involvement are crucial to achieve our goals. Actively managing our Flow therefore should be our #1 priority.

How to manage Flow? Most of us did not learn how to manage Flow and this can have unwanted implications. Therefore we created a support tool called Miles.

Meet Miles

Miles is a set of tools designed to help you to manage your Flow in a professional way.

Miles is created by ForeF and is based on two proven business concepts. The first is the so called Deming Wheel, also known as the PDCA cycle, and the second is the wisdom of Lord Kelvin that you have to measure in order to improve.

Measuring and reporting Flow makes Miles unique. It gets even better as Miles does not only measure Flow, it also measures its two components: Energy and Involvement. In Miles terminology this is Fun and Focus.

Furthermore Miles reports the Flow, Fun and Focus scores for each of your goals.

Only Miles will give you these indicators which is crucial for actionable insights.

Flow is important for success. To work energetically on things that bring you forward. So how can you improve your overall state of Flow?

As you probably know this is not an easy task so it is good to get support, for example from Miles.

Miles is based on two proven concepts: continuous improvement (Deming) and measure to improve (Lord Kelvin).

Miles’ unique strength is that it not only measures Flow, but also the two underlying components of Flow: Fun (energetic) and Focus (involvement).

Managing Flow with Miles has a positive impact on various personal and business challenges.

Miles Metrics

Only Miles measures Flow and its underlying components. Below, you will find a subset of the insightful graphs Miles produces each cycle.

How to start

Before starting it is good to share some best practices:

Miles is a personal tool that should be used in a safe environment. The outcome is for the learner only.
Miles should be given as a present. Only if the professional sees value in improving the present should be unpacked (activation of the voucher).
Miles is designed to be used without training. A short introduction for each phase by the ForeF expert is needed. This expert will also monitor progress and motivate if needed.
Only existing technology will be used.

A common approach is that the team leader gives a voucher to each member. Each voucher gives access to four improvement cycles. Only after a voucher is activated the company will be invoiced for that specific voucher. Below you will find a short overview of the main actions per phase for each of the three actors: Miles, the learner and the ForeF expert.

If you want to start, or know more about Miles, please send an email to info@foref.eu.