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# In The Hot Seat with Richard Barnes

By [**Lily Newman**](https://www.morganjamesconsulting.co.uk/blog/author/lilynewman) on Jan 04, 2021

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New video interview up with Richard Barnes, watch it below or direct on [YouTube](https://youtu.be/Jz9sWHG5kM4).

Have you found your Flow? That’s the name we give to that place where individuals and teams are ‘in the zone’, ‘in the groove’, ‘on top of their game’. That place where you are so engaged in what you’re doing, that you completely lose track of time.

In my latest ‘In the Hotseat’ interview I am joined by @Richard Barnes, MD of @Buffalo 7 and an enthusiastic practitioner of the Theory of Flow.

Richard explains why Flow is so important to his organisation, and the steps Buffalo 7 take to nurture and increase Flow.

 

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