Mr Khalid Abdulkarim

April 20. 2008 20:44

It’s really an honour being one of the Complexity students enjoying an interesting session which suggests a way of seeing the real world. I though of commenting on this being interesting in Complexity thinking.

I spent lots of time in reading and attending seminars and workshops about Reiki, Energy, Hypnosis, and a certified practitioner in NLP. I found that most of them have one common statement “It’s all about Human”, similarly in Complexity language it’s all about people and what makes the difference is enabling the infrastructure at work place. The interesting part that I think the real issue in Bahrain is the middle management. It looks easier to get the buy-in of business owners and CEOs than middle management, simply because top people look for the final result and don’t care about the details while middle management care about their positions and prestige hoping to move to the next level someday! Furthermore, middle managers most likely control and influence organizations being the link between top guys and lower employees. Practically, top guys like to leave the dirty work form lower layer (middle managers) and wait for the end results but once they are convinced that enabling infrastructures to let employees self organize and emerge in order to achieve their desire, definitely they are willing to accept the idea. Also, it might be because of the life style of Bahrainis or the traditional management style that people like or got used to be lead! It’s a result of cultural and educational environment that resulted people with the current mentality and seeking stability…

Anyhow, Complexity thinking is something new especially for Bahrain and the region which might take longer time than western countries, and I would love to be part of Complexity Network in Bahrain or even establishing one.