The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) recently held the first HR Club Forum in 2018, under the patronage of HE Ahmed Bahloul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills, Chairman of the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, in the presence of HE Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar, Director General of the Authority, and dozens of Club members and associates.
The forum hosted international speaker Tariq Qureshi, Founder/CEO of MAD Talks, who shed light on the importance of the brain and human creativity, as well as humanity as the main savior. He also tackled adopting 10x thinking and how it can be integrated into your organizational culture and leadership style.
Qureshi said that the enormous technological revolution witnessed by the world at the beginning of the twenty-first century has had great and direct repercussions on the work of both governmental and private institutions. Artificial intelligence has played an important role in disappearance and shrinking of many jobs and emergence of other non-traditional jobs and disciplines. He added that organizations that seek to enhance their competitiveness and prestige are required to keep up with the latest developments and changes in the world of digital technology and artificial intelligence, as they represent the present and future.
He spoke about the importance of forward thinking, the role of accelerators in the future, and the opportunities created by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or the technology capable of bringing about radical change by transforming the current challenges into future opportunities for institutions in general and human resources in particular.
“The responsibility of follow up and implementation of accelerators rest with the organization’s senior leadership, as well as line-managers and human resources officials, which would boost the performance of the organization to gain a competitive advantage in the era of rapid changes”, he noted.
Qureshi added that adopting a forward-thinking approach is an urgent necessity in all areas and business sectors in order to explore the future, identify the challenges and potential risks, and develop appropriate plans and solutions. He pointed out that a successful leadership would widen the outlook of employees and consolidate the culture of working together to shape the future as a work style.
Founder/CEO of MAD Talks, stressed the importance of innovation in sustaining the competitiveness and sustainability of organizations, reviewing the results of a recent study by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) involving more than 3,000 participants, on the relationship between innovation and aging. The study showed that innovation in individuals gradually decreases as they age, reaching the peak in childhood, and decreasing significantly when people enter the workforce.
Human Resources Club launched in 2010 is one of the most important strategic initiatives of the Authority. It is an interactive platform and an intellectual and knowledge communication channel that brings together interested people, human resources specialists and experts under one roof to share ideas, experiences and solutions that could enhance the roles assigned to human resources departments and other institutional service bodies across different sectors in the country.
The HR Club offers its membership, which has grown to over 12 thousand, an ideal opportunity to learn about the best practices, experiences and success stories of many individuals and institutions, as well as meeting with specialists and practitioners in the field of institutional work.