Flow Research CollectiveReviews of flowresearchcollective.com

The service is good but not exceptional considering the price. The price is very high. I recently took a class with Research Collective and, unfortunately, my experience was not positive. While some of the material was new to me, I found that much of the class content and videos are available for free on the internet. The lack of unique or innovative material made the high cost of the course unjustifiable. Additionally, the course relied heavily on pre-recorded videos rather than providing personal, one-on-one interaction. This approach felt impersonal and did not offer the engagement or tailored guidance I was hoping for. As a result, I did not find the course helpful in the long run, as the information did not stick with me or enhance my skills meaningfully. Given the lack of original content and the reliance on videos, I believe the course's price is too high. I regret my decision to enroll and would not recommend it to others seeking a unique and impactful learning experience.

Not worth the money. Pros: - TONS of content - Opportunity to meet other people and get to practice - If you have a passion project you have been putting off, the "Magnum Opus" section of the program is a good forcing function to put pen to paper Cons: - TONS of content (if you haven any other job or are taking any other courses while taking this one, it is very difficult to get through all the material in 12 weeks – the required content you can make it through; I don't know if it's possible to make it through the bonus material if you have other comittments) - No rigor. I now understand why the coaching market is saturated with mediocre coaches, because there are absolutely no checks/balances that we complete the course with any sense of how to *truly* coach (we are introduced to a concept, then sent off into unsupervised breakout rooms to practice) - The Magnum Opus is loosely coupled with the course, so the deadline to complete it is just an anxiety cloud hanging over the whole time while trying to finish the rest of the coursework - Too much $$$$ to do a predominantly self-led course Overall the course felt much more amateur hour than some other coaching programs I have participated in. No knock to the folks in the course who had never coached before, but as someone who has been coaching, it felt very 101 and I was looking for something much more advanced from a coaching rigor and cohort perspective.

I got a lot out of the first few modules of the course: restructuring my phone and computer to allow for more flow and lower cognitive load, and listing out my values and removing activities that didn't coincide with those values. However, in my experience, as the course progressed and the amount of domain-independent material accumulated, it became hard to make sense of it all and actually counter-productive. Here were some of my specific issues: - The material was somewhat contradictory across weeks...for example, there were modules about grit training and how to turn weaknesses into strengths, and then later in the course there were modules about finding your strengths and focusing your energies on those rather than weaknesses. I'd rather they just remove one of the modules for the sake of focus - Every week you watch videos and then have a group coaching session. The action items and material from the group coaching session didn't always mirror the action items from the videos. For someone slavishly trying to follow these action items, you have two sets of TODOs every week. I'd rather the group coaching session be something separate from another slideshow + canned presentation that mostly rehashes the videos but also includes slightly different material. - Numerous people in my cohort actually complained about the feeling of overwhelm, and the advice was "well the course is designed to be taken again!". People are not looking for another source of overwhelm, they're looking to streamline the overwhelm they are already dealing with. - Vastly overstated the amount of networking you'd get from group coaching sessions. - Price point is too high. Even if the course was well-executed, it probably should be 3-4k cheaper.

First of all, not everyone is a writer or a snowboarder. Flow comes from other areas, spend more time there. Spend more time and review consistently the neurobiology thus "anyone " can do this. Lastly, maybe most important, I would screen people more thoroughly upfront before accepting them into a POD; they must be in the proper emotional/psychological state to take advantage of these concepts. I was not...too many stressors and lack of clarity left me at a huge disadvantage. I should have been filtered out and offered an alternative and more appropriate less expensive path forward.

I was reached out to by a company representative on LinkedIn and was impressed by her tenacity and was interested in the service. When I asked her about the actual research supporting the work she suddenly was radio silent. After reaching out 3 times with no response, I reached out to the company directly to ask about the service and the research. Again, no response. It seems asking about the service but also asking about the RESEARCH done by flow RESEARCH collective results in no reply. They reached out only after I left this review and basically said it was all a miscommunication and that my ticket was accidentally closed they apologized for not getting back to me. Still, not a good look for what they are marketing. Only offered the information if I hopped on a call. I declined.