بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
(In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful)
Challenges - 2
I started from previous post to talk about challenges faced while
establishing the creativity room. I mentioned the first challenge which was the
location of the room. In this post, I will talk about the second challenge
which is actually the biggest challenge we faced:
the budget.
The challenge was that there was no budget since this room was an
initiative from the department and there was no planned budget for it. The
amazing thing that the team didn’t give up and paid from their own pocket to
establish the room.
I remember I mentioned this information to one of the European
consultant and he was shocked to hear that!!! Simply, all the team members paid
from themselves and without any pressure from anyone. That is the greatness of
this team which I’m extremely proud to work with.
It is true that the room at phase one didn’t look very beautiful compared
to now after implementing the second phase, however, many visitors were amazed
while visiting the room. I think that this is because of the idea behind the
room. Having a room called ‘Creativity Room’ was something new, so it was amazing.
However, there were some people who didn’t like the idea or the design
and this is something normal. It is quite impossible to satisfy all people
although I was telling some of them that this design is because of the
limitation of the budget and you should instead thank us to establish this room.
The budget was really a challenge, but we were able to overcome it with
support of Allah then with this great team. I should not forget also the
management support which was really a positive energy for us.
I’m sure that many teams will give up and complain that budget is not
available, so there is no need to establish such rooms, However, when you are working
with a great team with full management support, the decision will surely change:
“Let us all work together to establish this room”.
I will talk in the next post about another challenge which is also
important to know. Until that time, see you Insha’Allah J
