Complexity is...

In my 'shared items' on the right pane of this blog, I regularly highlight posts I follow from HBR and other blogs.

I was delighted to stumble upon an HBR post on the 'Obama-McChrystal moment'..

Another one I just stumbled upon was about 'self-inflicted' complexity. Which reminds me.. my definition of complexity in a work environment (based on discussion with my 'mentor').

Complexity is:

• The ability to handle 10 chunks of problems in parallel instead of 2 problems in a sequential fashion. (mangerial complexity)
• The ability to process large volumes of information, prioritizing on the required actions and sufficiently linking with other data. (intellectual complexity)
• The ability to proactively detect white spaces and act upon them - especially outside your area of responsiblity/comfort  (proactivity)
• The ability to take informed decisions/risks under uncertainty. (decisiveness)
• The ability to synthesize different views in group situations and get to agreement without projecting your own opinion from the start. (facilitation of discussions)
• The ability to understand group dynamics and changing attitudinal currents in a large organisation. (change mgmt)
• To succeed when everybody is in charge. (social intelligence) -> see also featured 'shared item'

That's it for the day.