![]() The arbored streets and airy classrooms of Claremont are a stark contrast to the bomb-scarred Italy where Csikszentmihalyi spent his early childhood during World War II. But this community was much more livable and understandable.” “I thought maybe it could be difficult to get used to Los Angeles. “I like the people I like the environment,” he explains. “But then I started having offers from USC and UCLA and CGU.” Much to the delight of CGU, he accepted the offer to join the Drucker School of Management as Davidson Professor of Management, beginning in August 1999. “I thought I would retire and write and not do anything strenuous,” he says. After that, she wasn’t going to be happy unless we moved.”Ĭsikszentmihalyi (pronounced “ chick sent me high”) had taught in the University of Chicago’s department of behavioral sciences for almost 30 years, six as chairman. “We had a year at the Center for Advanced Studies in Palo Alto, where we experienced winters in California. So what is psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi doing teaching in a business school? “My wife was tired of the winters in Chicago,” he says. Jimmy Johnson used his ideas to motivate the Dallas Cowboys to win the Super Bowl. Newt Gingrich made his work required reading. ![]()
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