ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Amy Edmondson - Leadership expert
Amy Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, studies people and teams seeking to make a positive difference through the work they do.

Why you should listen

Amy Edmondson's work sheds light on the related questions of why teamwork is so critically important in today’s organizations and why it is so challenging.

Long ago, approaching graduation from college, Edmondson took a leap of faith to write an advice-seeking letter to a personal hero. To her surprise, Buckminster Fuller wrote back -- and that set events in motion that would shape her life and work. Fuller's letter arrived, barely a week later, with far more than advice. The iconoclastic inventor, architect and futurist offered her a job. Spending the next three years as Fuller's "chief engineer" working on new geodesic projects, Edmondson developed an intense and enduring interest in big thinking, innovation, and the built environment. Fuller was a visionary, whose ideas about the built environment outpaced reality by decades. His remarkable legacy, however, did not answer the question of how visionaries can make practical progress in the world. Today, one answer to that question is found in teaming – in recognizing its power and its challenges. 

Edmondson has been named one of the top management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50 since 2011. Her other awards include the 2004 Accenture Award for significant contribution to improving the practice of management, the Academy of Management’s 2006 Cummings Award for mid-career achievement and the 2017 Thinkers50 Talent Award. Edmondson received her PhD in organizational behavior, AM in psychology and AB in engineering and design, all from Harvard University. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband, George Daley, and their two sons.

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艾米 · 埃德蒙森: 如何将一群陌生人变为一个团队

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商学院教授艾米 · 埃德蒙森 (Amy Edmondson) 研究了“团队合作”,即人们迅速、暂时地聚在一起,以解决新的、紧迫的或不寻常的问题。通过回顾有关团队合作的故事,比如2010年在智利对困在半英里地下的33名矿工进行的令人难以置信的营救,埃德蒙森分享了将一群陌生人转变成能灵活应对挑战的快速思考的团队所需的要素。
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It's August八月 5, 2010.
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2010年8月5日,
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A massive大规模的 collapse坍方 at the San Jos乔斯é
Copper Mine in Northern北方 Chile智利
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在智利北部的圣何塞铜矿,
一场巨大的坍塌
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has left 33 men男人 trapped被困 half a mile英里 --
that's two Empire帝国 State Buildings房屋 --
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使得33个人被困在了半英里深的地下
——相当于两个帝国大厦的深度——
头顶是世界上最坚硬的岩石。
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below下面 some of the hardest最难
rock in the world世界.
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They will find their way to a small refuge避难所
designed设计 for this purpose目的,
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被困人员会前往一个
预先设计好的小型避难所,
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where they will find intense激烈 heat, filth污垢
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那里酷热,肮脏,
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and about enough足够 food餐饮
for two men男人 for 10 days.
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保存着只够两个人维持10天的食物。
地面上的专家很快就发现,
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Aboveground地上, it doesn't take long
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他们找不出可行的营救方案。
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for the experts专家 to figure数字 out
that there is no solution.
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No drilling钻孔 technology技术 in the industry行业
is capable of getting得到 through通过 rock
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没有任何现成的钻孔技术
能够在有限的时间内
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that hard and that deep
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在这样的深度打通如此坚硬的石头,
将被困人员活着救出来。
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fast快速 enough足够 to save保存 their lives生活.
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It's not exactly究竟 clear明确
where the refuge避难所 is.
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人们不确定地下避难所的位置,
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It's not even clear明确
if the miners矿工 are alive.
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也不确定矿工们是否还活着。
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And it's not even clear明确 who's谁是 in charge收费.
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甚至都不知道相关负责人是谁。
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Yet然而, within 70 days, all 33 of these men男人
will be brought to the surface表面 alive.
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但是,在70天内,
所有33人都会活着回到地面。
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This remarkable卓越 story故事 is a case案件 study研究
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这一非凡的故事,是一起关于
团队合作力量的案例分析。
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in the power功率 of teaming联手.
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So what's "teaming联手"?
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那么“团队合作”是什么?
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Teaming组队 is teamwork团队合作 on the fly.
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团队合作是高效的互相配合。
它是与各种各样的人
进行协调和合作,
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It's coordinating协调
and collaborating合作 with people
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across横过 boundaries边界 of all kinds --
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跨过各种障碍——
专业知识,距离,时区,
所有你能想到的——
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expertise专门知识, distance距离,
time zone, you name名称 it --
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来完成工作。
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to get work doneDONE.
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对比你最喜欢的运动队,
因为这是不一样的。
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Think of your favorite喜爱 sports体育 team球队,
because this is different不同.
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运动队需要协作:那种魔力,
那些扭转局势的操作。
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Sports体育 teams球队 work together一起: that magic魔法,
those game-saving游戏节省 plays播放.
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Now, sports体育 teams球队 win赢得
because they practice实践.
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不过运动队会获胜,
是因为他们平时在练习。
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But you can only practice实践
if you have the same相同 members会员 over time.
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但你只能在有着同样队友的
情况下进行那样的练习。
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And so you can think of teaming联手 ...
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所以你可以想想团队合作……
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Sports体育 teams球队 embody体现
the definition定义 of a team球队,
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运动队符合一个队伍的定义,
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the formal正式 definition定义.
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正式的定义。
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It's a stable稳定, bounded,
reasonably合理 small group of people
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这是一组稳定,联系着的,
相对比较小的一组人。
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who are interdependent相互依存
in achieving实现 a shared共享 outcome结果.
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他们互相依靠,以达到共享的结果。
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You can think of teaming联手
as a kind of pickup捡起 game游戏 in the park公园,
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你可以把团队合作想成
在公园里的临时发起的比赛,
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in contrast对比 to the formal正式,
well-practiced良好的实践 team球队.
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而非专业的,训练充足的队伍。
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Now, which哪一个 one is going
to win赢得 in a playoff挑拨?
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那么,哪一队会在比赛中胜出呢?
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The answer回答 is obvious明显.
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答案显而易见。
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So why do I study研究 teaming联手?
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所以我为什么要研究团队合作呢?
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It's because it's the way
more and more of us have to work today今天.
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因为在今天,我们越来越多地
需要以这种方式工作。
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With 24/7 global全球 fast-paced快节奏 operations操作,
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在每天24小时运营的
快节奏的全球企业中,
有着疯狂改变的计划表,
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crazy shifting schedules时间表
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and ever-narrower越来越窄 expertise专门知识,
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和越发细分的专业,
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more and more of us have to work
with different不同 people all the time
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越来越多的时候,我们需要
和其他不同的人
一起合作,来完成工作。
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to get our work doneDONE.
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我们无法奢望一个稳定的团队。
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We don't have the luxury豪华 of stable稳定 teams球队.
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Now, when you can have that luxury豪华,
by all means手段 do it.
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如果可以的话,务必要这样做。
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But increasingly日益 for a lot
of the work we do today今天,
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但今天的许多工作
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we don't have that option选项.
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却无法提供这样的条件。
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One place地点 where this is true真正 is hospitals医院.
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比如,医院。
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This is where I've doneDONE
a lot of my research研究 over the years年份.
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多年来我的很多研究
都是在这里进行的。
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So it turns out hospitals医院
have to be open打开 24/7.
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医院必须24小时开放。
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And patients耐心 -- well,
they're all different不同.
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而病人们——他们的情况各不相同。
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They're all different不同
in complicated复杂 and unique独特 ways方法.
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以独特而复杂的方式不同。
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The average平均 hospitalized住院 patient患者 is seen看到
by 60 or so different不同 caregivers护理人员
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平均每个病人在住院期间
会被60多人照看。
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throughout始终 his stay.
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They come from different不同 shifts转变,
different不同 specialties特色,
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他们来自不同班次,
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different不同 areas of expertise专门知识,
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有着不同的背景和专业,
可能甚至都不知道彼此的名字。
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and they may可能 not even
know each other's其他 name名称.
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但为了病人他们必须互相合作。
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But they have to coordinate坐标 in order订购
for the patient患者 to get great care关心.
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And when they don't,
the results结果 can be tragic悲惨.
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而如果他们不这样做,
就会有惨剧发生。
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Of course课程, in teaming联手,
the stakes赌注 aren't always life and death死亡.
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当然,在团队合作中,
并不总是涉及生死。
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Consider考虑 what it takes
to create创建 an animated动画 film电影,
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想想当你需要做
一部获奖的动画电影时
会经历什么。
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an award-winning获奖 animated动画 film电影.
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I had the good fortune幸运
to go to Disney迪士尼 Animation动画
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我有幸去过迪士尼动画公司,
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and study研究 over 900 scientists科学家们, artists艺术家,
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并且研究了超过900位
科学家和艺术家,
故事讲述人,电脑专家,
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storytellers讲故事的人, computer电脑 scientists科学家们
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as they teamed联手 up in constantly经常
changing改变 configurations配置
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研究他们如何在不断变化的
人员配置中通过团队合作
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to create创建 amazing惊人 outcomes结果 like "Frozen冻结的."
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来制造出像《冰雪奇缘》
一样伟大的作品。
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They just work together一起,
and never the same相同 group twice两次,
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他们就是在一起工作,
从来没有两组人是同样的,
谁都不知道接下来会发生什么。
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not knowing会心 what's going to happen发生 next下一个.
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Now, taking服用 care关心 of patients耐心
in the emergency room房间
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在急救室照顾病人
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and designing设计 an animated动画 film电影
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与设计动画电影
显然是截然不同的工作。
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are obviously明显 very different不同 work.
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但在差异之下,他们
又有很多相似之处。
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Yet然而 underneath the differences分歧,
they have a lot in common共同.
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你必须在不同的时间
获得不同的专业知识,
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You have to get different不同 expertise专门知识
at different不同 times,
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you don't have fixed固定 roles角色,
you don't have fixed固定 deliverables交付,
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你没有固定角色,没有固定交付任务,
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you're going to be doing a lot of things
that have never been doneDONE before,
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你会做一些你从未做过的事情,
还不能在一个固定团队中实现。
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and you can't do it in a stable稳定 team球队.
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Now, this way of working加工 isn't easy简单,
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这种工作方式并不简单,
但像我说的,这是越来越多的人
必需的工作方式,
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but as I said, it's more and more
the way many许多 of us have to work,
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所以我们必须理解它。
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so we have to understand理解 it.
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我认为,对于复杂和不可预测的工作
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And I would argue争论
that it's especially特别 needed需要
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for work that's complex复杂 and unpredictable不可预料的
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和解决大问题来说,
这是特别必要的。
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and for solving big problems问题.
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联合利华首席执行官
保罗 · 波尔曼说得很好,
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Paul保罗 Polman波尔曼, the Unilever联合利华 CEOCEO,
put this really well
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他说:“我们今天面临的问题
是如此巨大,如此具有挑战性,
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when he said, "The issues问题 we face面对 today今天
are so big and so challenging具有挑战性的,
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很明显,我们不能单独行动,
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it becomes quite相当 clear明确
we can't do it alone单独,
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and so there is a certain某些 humility谦逊
in knowing会心 you have to invite邀请 people in."
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所以在知道你必须邀请人们进来的
时候,你会有一种谦逊的态度。”
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Issues问题 like food餐饮 or water scarcity缺乏
cannot不能 be doneDONE by individuals个人,
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像粮食和水资源短缺这样的问题
是不能由个人来解决的,
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even by single companies公司,
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甚至是单个公司,
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even by single sectors行业.
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单个部门。
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So we're reaching到达 out
to team球队 across横过 big teaming联手,
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所以我们正在与团队进行大的合作,
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grand-scale大比例尺 teaming联手.
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大规模的合作。
05:24
Take the quest寻求 for smart聪明 cities城市.
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以智慧城市为例。
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Maybe you've seen看到 some of the rhetoric修辞:
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也许你见过一些修辞:
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mixed-use混合使用 designs设计,
zero net energy能源 buildings房屋,
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多功能设计,零能耗建筑,
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smart聪明 mobility流动性,
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智能移动,
绿色宜居,美好的城市。
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green绿色, livable适于居住的, wonderful精彩 cities城市.
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We have the vocabulary词汇,
we have the visions愿景,
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我们有词汇,我们有愿景,
更别说需求。
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not to mention提到 the need.
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We have the technology技术.
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我们有技术。
有两个大趋势——
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Two megatrends大趋势 --
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城市化,我们快速的变成
越发城市化的星球,
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urbanization城市化, we're fast快速
becoming变得 a more urban城市的 planet行星,
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以及气候变化——
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and climate气候 change更改 --
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have been increasingly日益 pointing指点 to cities城市
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它们越来越多的指向城市,
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as a crucial关键 target目标 for innovation革新.
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成为创新的关键目标。
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And now around the world世界
in various各个 locations地点,
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而现在在世界各地不同的地点,
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people have been teaming联手 up
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人们组成团队
来设计和尝试创造
绿色,宜居,智能的城市。
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to design设计 and try to create创建
green绿色, livable适于居住的, smart聪明 cities城市.
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It's a massive大规模的 innovation革新 challenge挑战.
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这是个巨大的创新挑战。
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To understand理解 it better,
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为了更好理解这点,
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I studied研究 a start-up启动 --
a smart-city智能城市 software软件 start-up启动 --
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我研究了一家初创公司——
一家智能城市的软件初创公司——
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as it teamed联手 up
with a real真实 estate房地产 developer开发人员,
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它与一个房地产开发商,
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some civil国内 engineers工程师,
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一些土木工程师,
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a mayor市长,
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一个市长,
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an architect建筑师, some builders建设者,
some tech高科技 companies公司.
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一个建筑师,一些建筑商,
和一些科技公司合作。
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Their goal目标 was to build建立
a demo演示 smart聪明 city from scratch.
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他们的目标是从零开始建立一个
演示版的智能城市。
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OK. Five years年份 into the project项目,
not a whole整个 lot had happened发生.
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好的。项目进行了五年,
并没有多大进度。
六年,仍然没有破土动工。
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Six years年份, still no ground地面 broken破碎.
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It seemed似乎 that teaming联手
across横过 industry行业 boundaries边界
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似乎跨产业的团队合作
非常,非常难。
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was really, really hard.
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OK, so ...
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好的。那么……
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We had inadvertently不经意间 discovered发现
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我们在这一项目中
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what I call "professional专业的 culture文化 clash冲突"
with this project项目.
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无意间发现了我称之为
“职业文化冲突”的现象。
软件工程师和房地产开发商
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You know, software软件 engineers工程师
and real真实 estate房地产 developers开发商
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有着不同的思维——
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think differently不同 --
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really differently不同:
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非常不同:
不同价值观,不同的时间框架——
时间框架是很重要的一点——
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different不同 values, different不同 time frames --
time frames is a big one --
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and different不同 jargon行话, different不同 language语言.
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以及不同的行话,不同的语言。
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And so they don't always see eye to eye.
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所以他们并不总是意见一致。
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I think this is a bigger problem问题
than most of us realize实现.
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我认为这是我们大多数人都没有
意识到的一个更大的问题。
事实上,我认为专业间的文化冲突
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In fact事实, I think
professional专业的 culture文化 clash冲突
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is a major重大的 barrier屏障 to building建造
the future未来 that we aspire立志 to build建立.
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是建设我们渴望建立的
未来的主要障碍。
这就变成了一个
我们必须理解的问题,
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And so it becomes a problem问题
that we have to understand理解,
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一个我们必须找到解决方法的问题。
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a problem问题 that we have
to figure数字 out how to crack裂纹.
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那么,你如何才能确保团队合作能够
顺利进行,尤其是大团队?
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So how do you make sure teaming联手 goes well,
especially特别 big teaming联手?
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This is the question I've been trying
to solve解决 for a number of years年份
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这就是我在许多年的研究中,
在不同的工作场所
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in many许多 different不同 workplaces工作场所
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尝试解决的问题。
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with my research研究.
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Now, to begin开始 to get just a glimpse一瞥
of the answer回答 to this question,
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要想对这个问题有初步的了解,
让我们回到智利。
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let's go back to Chile智利.
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In Chile智利, we witnessed目击 10 weeks of teaming联手
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在智利,我们见证了
10周的团队合作,
涉及到几百位来自
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by hundreds数以百计 of individuals个人
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不同职业,不同公司,
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from different不同 professions职业,
different不同 companies公司,
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不同领域,甚至不同国家的人。
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different不同 sectors行业, even different不同 nations国家.
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而随着这个过程的展开,
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And as this process处理 unfolded展开,
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他们有了很多想法,
进行了多次尝试,
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they had lots of ideas思路,
they tried试着 many许多 things,
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他们实验了,又失败了,
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they experimented试验, they failed失败,
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they experienced有经验的
devastating破坏性的 daily日常 failure失败,
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他们每天都经历着毁灭性的失败,
但又会爬起来,坚持着,
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but they picked采摘的 up, persevered坚持,
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继续前进。
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and went on forward前锋.
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And really, what we witnessed目击 there
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而事实上,我们所看到的是,
面对未来真正的挑战,
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was they were able能够 to be humble谦卑
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in the face面对 of the very
real真实 challenge挑战 ahead,
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他们能够保持谦逊,
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curious好奇 -- all of these
diverse多种 individuals个人,
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充满好奇——所有这些不同的人,
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diverse多种 expertise专门知识 especially特别,
nationality国籍 as well,
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尤其是有着不同的专业和国籍,
都对彼此带来的东西很好奇。
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were quite相当 curious好奇 about
what each other brings带来.
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而且他们愿意承担风险来了解
哪些方法可能有效。
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And they were willing愿意 to take risks风险
to learn学习 fast快速 what might威力 work.
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And ultimately最终, 17 days
into this remarkable卓越 story故事,
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而最终,在这个故事发生的第17天,
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ideas思路 came来了 from everywhere到处.
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来自世界各地的点子接踵而至。
它们来自安德烈 · 苏加瑞特,
他是一个杰出的采矿工程师,
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They came来了 from Andr安德烈é SougarretSougarret,
who is a brilliant辉煌 mining矿业 engineer工程师
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who was appointed任命 by the government政府
to lead the rescue拯救.
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受政府指派领导救援。
它们来自美国国家航空航天局。
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They came来了 from NASANASA.
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They came来了 from Chilean智利 Special特别 Forces军队.
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它们来自智利特种部队。
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They came来了 from volunteers志愿者
around the world世界.
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它们来自全世界的志愿者们。
而当我们中的许多人,
包括我自己,从远处观察着,
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And while many许多 of us,
including包含 myself, watched看着 from afar,
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these folks乡亲 made制作 slow,
painful痛苦 progress进展 through通过 the rock.
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这些人正在岩石中
缓慢而痛苦地前进。
09:14
On the 17th day, they
broke打破 through通过 to the refuge避难所.
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在第17天,他们成功进入了避难所。
09:18
It's just a remarkable卓越 moment时刻.
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这是个激动人心的时刻。
09:20
And with just a very small incision切口,
they were able能够 to find it
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而只用一个小小的切口,他们便能
利用许多实验技巧来找到避难所。
09:25
through通过 a bunch
of experimental试验 techniques技术.
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And then for the next下一个 53 days,
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而之后的53天里,
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that narrow狭窄 lifeline生命线 would be the path路径
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这一狭窄的生命通道会成为
食物、药品与交流的通道,
09:34
where food餐饮 and medicine医学
and communication通讯 would travel旅行,
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while aboveground地上, for 53 more days,
they continued继续 the teaming联手
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而在地上,在53天里,
他们继续着团队合作,
09:42
to find a way to create创建 a much larger hole
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来找出一个制造更大洞口的方法,
09:46
and also to design设计 a capsule胶囊.
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并且设计一个舱室。
这就是那个舱室。
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This is the capsule胶囊.
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And then on the 69th day,
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而之后,在第69天,
经历了超过22个小时痛苦的努力,
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over 22 painstaking刻苦 hours小时,
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they managed管理 to pull
the miners矿工 out one by one.
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他们终于能够将矿工们
一个一个拉出来。
09:59
So how did they overcome克服
professional专业的 culture文化 clash冲突?
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那么他们究竟是如何克服
职业文化冲突的呢?
我会用一个词概括:领导力。
不过让我更详细的解释一下。
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I would say in a word, it's leadership领导,
but let me be more specific具体.
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当团队合作顺利时,
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When teaming联手 works作品,
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you can be sure that some leaders领导者,
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你可以肯定有些领导者,
10:11
leaders领导者 at all levels水平,
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不同层级的领导者,
10:13
have been crystal水晶 clear明确
that they don't have the answers答案.
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非常清楚他们自己没有答案。
10:16
Let's call this "situational情境 humility谦逊."
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让我们把这称为“情境谦虚”。
10:18
It's appropriate适当 humility谦逊.
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这是适当的谦逊。
10:20
We don't know how to do it.
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我们不知道该怎样做。
10:21
You can be sure, as I said before,
people were very curious好奇,
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你可以确定,就像我之前
说的一样,人们很好奇,
而这一情境中的谦虚
10:24
and this situational情境 humility谦逊
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combined结合 with curiosity好奇心
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与好奇心结合起来,
10:29
creates创建 a sense of psychological心理 safety安全
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创造了一种心理安全感,
使得你可以与陌生人
一起承担风险。
10:31
that allows允许 you take risks风险 with strangers陌生人,
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10:33
because let's face面对 it:
it's hard to speak说话 up, right?
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因为我们要直面它:
开口总是很难,对吧?
寻求帮助绝非易事。
10:37
It's hard to ask for help.
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如果你并不是很了解别人,
10:38
It's hard to offer提供 an idea理念
that might威力 be a stupid idea理念
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你很难说出一个可能愚蠢的想法。
10:42
if you don't know people very well.
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你需要心理安全感来这么做。
10:44
You need psychological心理 safety安全 to do that.
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10:47
They overcame克服了 what I like to call
the basic基本 human人的 challenge挑战:
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他们跨越了我称作
基本人类挑战的东西:
如果你已经知道了,
就很难继续学习。
10:52
it's hard to learn学习 if you already已经 know.
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10:55
And unfortunately不幸, we're hardwired硬线
to think we know.
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而不幸的是,我们天生就
倾向于认为自己知道。
10:58
And so we've我们已经 got to remind提醒 ourselves我们自己 --
and we can do it --
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所以,我们需要提醒自己——
我们能做到这点——
要充满好奇心;
11:02
to be curious好奇;
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要好奇其他人能带来的东西。
11:03
to be curious好奇 about what others其他 bring带来.
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11:05
And that curiosity好奇心 can also spawn
a kind of generosity慷慨 of interpretation解释.
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这种好奇心也能产生
一种慷慨的解释。
11:11
But there's another另一个 barrier屏障,
and you all know it.
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但还有另一个障碍,
而你们都知道它。
11:14
You wouldn't不会 be in this room房间
if you didn't know it.
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如果你不知道,
你就不会在这个房间里。
而要想解释它,我想引用电影
《力争上游》里的一句话:
11:17
And to explain说明 it, I'm going to quote引用
from the movie电影 "The Paper Chase."
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顺便说一句,这是好莱坞认为的
11:20
This, by the way, is what Hollywood好莱坞 thinks
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一个哈佛教授应该具备的形象。
11:22
a Harvard哈佛 professor教授
is supposed应该 to look like.
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你们自行评判。
11:24
You be the judge法官.
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在这一著名场景中的教授,
11:26
The professor教授 in this famous著名 scene现场,
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他正在欢迎新的学生,
11:28
he's welcoming欢迎 the new 1L class,
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而他说:“朝左看看。朝右看看。
11:31
and he says, "Look to your left.
Look to your right.
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你们中的一个明年不会在这里了。”
11:33
one of you won't惯于 be here next下一个 year."
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他们听到了什么消息呢?
“不是我就是你。”
11:35
What message信息 did they hear?
"It's me or you."
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11:39
For me to succeed成功, you must必须 fail失败.
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如果我要成功,你必须失败。
现在,我并不认为许多组织
会像那样欢迎新人了,
11:41
Now, I don't think too many许多 organizations组织
welcome欢迎 newcomers新人 that way anymore,
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不过,许多时候,人们在进入组织时
依然会听到这条关于稀缺性的信息。
11:45
but still, many许多 times people arrive到达
with that message信息 of scarcity缺乏 anyway无论如何.
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不是我就是你。
11:50
It's me or you.
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如果你不小心将别人视为竞争对手,
那你就很难与他们合作。
11:52
It's awfully非常 hard to team球队 if you
inadvertently不经意间 see others其他 as competitors竞争对手.
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所以我们也需要克服这一点。
11:56
So we have to overcome克服 that one as well,
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而当我们这样做的时候,
结果会非常棒。
11:59
and when we do,
the results结果 can be awesome真棒.
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12:03
Abraham亚伯拉罕 Lincoln林肯 said once一旦,
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亚伯拉罕 · 林肯曾经说过:
“我不太喜欢那个人。
我必须更好地了解他。”
12:05
"I don't like that man very much.
I must必须 get to know him better."
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12:09
Think about that --
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想想看——
我不喜欢他,这意味着
我对他不够了解。
12:11
I don't like him, that means手段
I don't know him well enough足够.
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多么伟大的想法。
12:13
It's extraordinary非凡.
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这是一种心态,我不得不说,
12:14
This is the mindset心态, I have to say,
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这是你在进行有效合作时
所需要的心态。
12:16
this is the mindset心态 you need
for effective有效 teaming联手.
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12:21
In our silos筒仓, we can get things doneDONE.
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在我们的筒仓里,
我们可以把事情做完。
12:23
But when we step back
and reach达到 out and reach达到 across横过,
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但当我们退后一步,伸出手去,
奇迹就能发生。
12:27
miracles奇迹 can happen发生.
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12:29
Miners矿工 can be rescued获救,
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矿工们可以获救,
病人们能得救,
12:31
patients耐心 can be saved保存,
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美丽的电影能被制造出来。
12:32
beautiful美丽 films影片 can be created创建.
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12:36
To get there, I think there's
no better advice忠告 than this:
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为了达到这个目标,
我认为没有比这更好的建议了:
向左看,向右看。
12:38
look to your left, look to your right.
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12:41
How quickly很快 can you find
the unique独特 talents人才, skills技能
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你能多快地找到你的邻居
所拥有的独特才华、
技能和愿景,
12:47
and hopes希望 of your neighbor邻居,
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又能多快地传达出
你想要传递的信息?
12:48
and how quickly很快, in turn,
can you convey传达 what you bring带来?
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因为对于我们来说,为了建立一个
我们知道可以通过集体,
12:52
Because for us to team球队 up
to build建立 the future未来 we know we can create创建
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而非个人所能创造的未来,
12:56
that none没有 of us can do alone单独,
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这就是我们需要的心态。
12:57
that's the mindset心态 we need.
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12:59
Thank you.
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谢谢。
(掌声)
13:01
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Translated by Anney Ye

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Amy Edmondson - Leadership expert
Amy Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, studies people and teams seeking to make a positive difference through the work they do.

Why you should listen

Amy Edmondson's work sheds light on the related questions of why teamwork is so critically important in today’s organizations and why it is so challenging.

Long ago, approaching graduation from college, Edmondson took a leap of faith to write an advice-seeking letter to a personal hero. To her surprise, Buckminster Fuller wrote back -- and that set events in motion that would shape her life and work. Fuller's letter arrived, barely a week later, with far more than advice. The iconoclastic inventor, architect and futurist offered her a job. Spending the next three years as Fuller's "chief engineer" working on new geodesic projects, Edmondson developed an intense and enduring interest in big thinking, innovation, and the built environment. Fuller was a visionary, whose ideas about the built environment outpaced reality by decades. His remarkable legacy, however, did not answer the question of how visionaries can make practical progress in the world. Today, one answer to that question is found in teaming – in recognizing its power and its challenges. 

Edmondson has been named one of the top management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50 since 2011. Her other awards include the 2004 Accenture Award for significant contribution to improving the practice of management, the Academy of Management’s 2006 Cummings Award for mid-career achievement and the 2017 Thinkers50 Talent Award. Edmondson received her PhD in organizational behavior, AM in psychology and AB in engineering and design, all from Harvard University. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband, George Daley, and their two sons.

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