ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chieh Huang - Entrepreneur
Chieh Huang is cofounder and CEO of Boxed.com, a company that's disrupting the wholesale shopping club experience.

Why you should listen

Started in Chieh Huang's garage five years ago, Boxed now has hundreds of employees in facilities all over the United States. Since the garage, the company has sold hundreds of millions of dollars of products and has raised over a quarter billion dollars in funding to date. Forbes named Boxed one of the next "billion-dollar startups."

Prior to Boxed, Huang served as the CEO of Astro Ape, one of the first mobile social gaming studios. His personal honors include being named to Bloomberg 50 (Bloomberg Businessweek's 50 people to watch in 2018), National Retail Federation's list of "People Shaping Retail’s Future, Crain's "40 Under 40" and Goldman Sachs's list of "100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs." He is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and received his JD from Fordham University.

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Chieh Huang: Confessions of a recovering micromanager

黄杰: 在微观管理中,我收获了什么

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想想你在工作中最累的时候,可能不是在熬夜,或刚公路旅行回来——更有可能是你的一举一动被盯着的时候。”如果我们知道微观管理不是很有效,为什么我们还要这么做呢?”企业家黄杰问道。在这段充满智慧和谦逊的幽默谈话中,黄杰分享了克服微观管理的方法——以及如何在工作中激发创新和快乐。
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Chieh Huang is cofounder and CEO of Boxed.com, a company that's disrupting the wholesale shopping club experience. Full bio

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What I'm really here to do today今天
is talk to you about micromanagement微观管理
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今天在这儿,我想要
和你们谈谈微观管理,
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and what I learned学到了 about micromanagement微观管理
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以及我在过去几年
作为一名微观管理者
所学到的东西。
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by being存在 a micromanager微经理
over the last few少数 years年份 of my life.
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But first off, what is micromanagement微观管理?
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首先,什么是微观管理?
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How do we really define确定 it?
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我们该如何确切定义它?
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Well, I posit断定 that it's actually其实 taking服用
great, wonderful精彩, imaginative想像的 people --
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我认为微观管理就是把卓越,
不凡,有想象力的人——
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like all of you --
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比如在座的各位——
00:31
bringing使 them in into an organization组织
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带入到一个组织中,
00:33
and then crushing破碎 their souls灵魂 --
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然后逼疯他们——
(笑声)
00:34
(Laughter笑声)
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by telling告诉 them what font字形 size尺寸 to use.
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比如告诉他们该使用什么字体。
在人类的历史长河中,
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In the history历史 of mankind人类,
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00:39
has anyone任何人 ever said this?
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是否有人曾经说过这样的话,
00:41
"John约翰, we were never going to close
that deal合同 with Times New Roman罗马,
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“约翰,用Times New Roman字体
我们是不可能达成交易的,
00:45
but because you insisted坚持 on Helvetica黑体 --
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但因为你坚持要
使用 Helvetica 字体——
00:48
bam哄骗!
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砰!
00:50
Dotted点缀 line线 --
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虚线——
数百万美元就开始流动了。
00:51
millions百万 of dollars美元 started开始 to flow.
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我们缺的就是这个!”
00:53
That was the missing失踪 piece!"
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没人那样说过,对吧?
00:54
No one's那些 ever said that, right?
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实际上,这可能就是在接受
微观管理时,我们会从自己身上
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There's actually其实 physical物理 manifestations表现
that we probably大概 see in ourselves我们自己
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看到的物理反应。
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by being存在 micromanaged微观管理.
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想想看你一生中最累的时刻吧。
01:00
Think about the most tired
you've ever been in your life, right?
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01:03
It probably大概 wasn't when
you stayed the latest最新 at work,
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可能不是在你最后一个离开公司,
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or it wasn't when you
came来了 home from a road trip,
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或者公路旅行回来的时候,
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it was probably大概 when you had someone有人
looking over your shoulder,
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而是有人一直在窥探你的时候,
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watching观看 your each and every一切 move移动.
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观察你的一举一动。
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Kind of like my mother-in-law岳母
when she's over right?
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有点像我岳母来探望我们的时候。
(笑声)
01:18
(Laughter笑声)
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我会说,“我能搞定”好让她放心。
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I'm like, "I got this," you know?
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这背后其实是有数据支撑的。
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And so there's actually其实
data数据 to support支持 this.
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01:23
There was a recent最近 study研究 in the UK联合王国.
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英国最近有一项研究,
他们找了100名医院员工,
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They took 100 hospital醫院 employees雇员,
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在他们身上装上活动追踪器,
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put an activity活动 tracker跟踪器 on them
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01:29
and then let them go about
their next下一个 12-hour-小时 shift转移 all alone单独,
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然后让他们在接下来的
12个小时独自轮班,
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just a regular定期 12-hour-小时 shift转移.
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就是日常的12小时轮班。
01:35
At the end结束 of the shift转移,
they asked them, "Do you feel fatigued疲劳?"
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在轮班结束的时候,他们问
这些员工,“你觉得累吗?”
01:38
And what they found发现
was actually其实 really interesting有趣.
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研究结果非常有趣。
并不一定是始终在忙来忙去的人
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It wasn't necessarily一定
the people who moved移动 the most
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感到最疲惫,
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that felt the most fatigued疲劳,
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反而是不能自己做出
工作规划的一群人。
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but it was the folks乡亲
that didn't have control控制 over their jobs工作.
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So if we know that micromanagement微观管理
isn't really effective有效,
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所以如果我们知道
微观管理并不能起到实际效果,
为什么还要这样做呢?
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why do we do it?
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是这个定义错了吗?
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Is it that the definition定义 is wrong错误?
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我刚才说微观管理
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I posited假设 that micromanagement微观管理
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只是把这些卓越,不凡,
有想象力的人带进来
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is just bringing使 in great,
wonderful精彩, imaginative想像的 people
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然后让他们抓狂,
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and then crushing破碎 their souls灵魂,
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那么我们是否其实是——
在内心深处——
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so is it that we actually其实 want to hire聘请 --
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想要雇佣那些
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deep down inside of us --
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平庸又缺乏想象力的人?
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dull平淡 and unimaginative缺乏想象力 people?
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02:09
It's one of those questions问题
you probably大概 don't even need to ask.
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这种问题不用问也知道答案。
就好像,“你想让自己的
行李在机场被偷吗?”
02:12
It's like, "Do you want to get
your luggage行李 stolen被盗 at the airport飞机场?"
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可能不想,但是从来没有人
这么问过我,不是吗?
02:15
Probably大概 not, but I've never
been asked, right?
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那么作为管理者,是否曾经有人问你,
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So has anyone任何人 asked you, as a manager经理,
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“你想雇佣一群平庸,
没有创造力的人吗?”
02:20
"Do you want to hire聘请
dull平淡 and unimaginative缺乏想象力 people?"
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我不知道,这是TED,
我们最好用数据佐证。
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So, I don't know, this is TEDTED,
we better back it up with data数据.
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我们实际上询问了
全国各地的数百人——
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We actually其实 asked hundreds数以百计
of people around the country国家 --
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全国各地的数百名管理者——
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hundreds数以百计 of managers经理 across横过 the country国家 --
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你想雇佣一些平庸
又没想象力的人吗?
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do you want to hire聘请
dull平淡 and unimaginative缺乏想象力 people?
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02:34
Alright好的, it's an interesting有趣 question.
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好吧,这是一个有趣的问题。
同样也有一个有趣的结果。
02:35
Well, interesting有趣 results结果 as well.
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94%的人说不——
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So, 94% said no --
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02:38
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
我们不想要雇佣
平庸又没想象力的人。
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we don't want to hire聘请
dull平淡 and unimaginative缺乏想象力 people.
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剩下的6%或许
没理解这个问题——
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Six percent百分 probably大概 didn't
understand理解 the question --
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(笑声)
02:45
(Laughter笑声)
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但是,他们内心挺强大,
02:47
but, bless保佑 their hearts心中,
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或许确实想要雇佣
平庸又没有想象力的人。
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maybe they do just want to hire聘请
dull平淡 and unimaginative缺乏想象力 people.
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但94%的人说他们没想过,
那么我们为什么还要这样做呢?
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But 94 percent百分 said they did not,
and so why do we do this still then?
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我认为答案非常非常的简单,
02:55
Well, I posit断定 that it's something
really, really simple简单
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我们内心深处都知道并感觉到了。
02:57
that all of us deep down inside know
and have actually其实 felt.
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当我们被一家公司雇佣的时候——
03:01
So when we get hired雇用
into an organization组织 --
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可能是一家夜总会,
也可能是一家法律公司,
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it could be a club俱乐部,
it could be a law firm公司,
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也可能是学校 ,
可能是任何的机构——
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it could be a school学校 organization组织,
it could be anything --
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没有人会直接跳到最上级,对吧?
03:09
no one ever jumps跳跃 to the top最佳
of the totem图腾 pole, right?
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你会从最基层开始。
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You start开始 at the very bottom底部.
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03:13
Doing what?
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做什么呢?
做工作。
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Doing work.
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你的确要工作,对吧?
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You actually其实 do the work, right?
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如果你真的擅长做这项工作,
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And if you're really good
at doing the work,
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你会得到什么奖励?
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what do you get rewarded奖励 with?
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更多的工作,对吧?
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More work, right?
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对,就是这样,在座的
都是很棒的微观管理者。
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Yeah, that's right, you guys
are all great micromanagers微公司.
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(笑声)
03:26
(Laughter笑声)
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你会做更多的工作,
03:27
You do more work,
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不久之后,如果你实在是
很擅长做这项工作,
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and then pretty漂亮 soon不久,
if you're really good at it,
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你仍然要做一点工作,
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you do a little bit of work still,
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但实际上,你开始管理
人们去做这项工作。
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but actually其实, you start开始 to manage管理
people doing the work.
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如果你还是做得很好,
接下来会发生什么呢?
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And if you're really good at that,
what happens发生 after that?
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03:38
You start开始 managing管理的 the people
who manage管理 the people doing the work,
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你开始管理这些
管理做这些工作的人,
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and it's at that point in time,
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就在那时,
你会开始无法控制
你对工作的产出。
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you start开始 to lose失去 control控制
over the output产量 of your job工作.
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我真的亲眼目睹过。
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I've actually其实 witnessed目击 this firsthand第一手.
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03:51
So, I started开始 a company公司
called Boxed盒装 in our garage车库,
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我在我们车库里创立了
一家名叫 Boxed 的公司,
就是这家公司 ——我知道
它看起来并不起眼——
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and this was it --
I know it doesn't seem似乎 like much --
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03:56
you know, there's a pressure压力
washer垫圈 in the back --
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后面其实有个压力清洗机——
这是 “活在梦想中”的状态。
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this is "living活的 the dream梦想."
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04:01
And my wife妻子 was really proud骄傲 of me
when we started开始 this,
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刚开始我的妻子很为我感到骄傲,
或者至少她说她为我感到骄傲——
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or that's what she said,
she was really proud骄傲 of me --
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她会给我一个拥抱,
我敢肯定她还拿着手机,
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and so she would give me a hug拥抱,
and I'm pretty漂亮 sure she had her phone电话 up
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而且还在想,“约翰从哈佛
毕业后还是单身吗?”
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and she was thinking思维,
"Oh, is John约翰 from Harvard哈佛 still single?"
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这让我有种出师不利的感觉,
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It was kind of like a lemonade柠檬汽水 stand
gone走了 wrong错误 in the beginning开始,
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但我们却跑出来说,
移动商务的前景将是巨大的,
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but we actually其实 went up and said
mobile移动 commerce商业 is going to be big,
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04:19
and actually其实 consumer消费者 packaged包装 goods产品
were going to change更改 over time,
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消费品将会随时间发生变化,
所以把这些你不想拖回家的
笨重的大包装交给我们吧——
04:22
so let's take these big, bulky笨重 packs
that you don't want to lug耳状物 home --
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不是两条装的奥利奥饼干,
而是24条装的,
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so not the two-pack双包
of Oreo奥利奥 cookies饼干 but the 24-pack-包
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不是24件装的厕纸,而是48件装的——
04:28
and not the 24-pack-包
of toilet厕所 paper but the 48-pack-包 --
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让我们把它寄给你,
就像仓储会员店那样,
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and let's ship it to you
much like a warehouse仓库 club俱乐部 would do
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除了他们不会寄给你外。
04:34
except they wouldn't不会 ship it to you.
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所以这就是我们所做的。
04:36
So that's what we basically基本上 did.
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我们有台很慢的打印机,
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We had a really slow printer打印机
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于是我们说:“老天,
这打印机也太慢了吧!
04:39
and what we did was actually其实 say,
"OK, this printer打印机 is taking服用 forever永远, man.
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不如我们在收据背后写一些
04:43
Let's scribble something
that would delight the customer顾客
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能让顾客开心的话吧。”
04:45
on the back of these invoices发票."
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于是我们写了:“嘿,保持微笑!”
04:47
So we'd星期三 say, "Hey,
keep smiling微笑," you know?
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“嘿,你很棒!”
04:49
"Hey, you're awesome真棒,"
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04:50
or, "Hey, enjoy请享用 the Doritos多力多滋,"
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或:“嘿,好好享用玉米片吧!”
或:“我们也喜欢佳得乐!”
04:52
or, "We love Gatorade佳得乐, too."
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诸如此类。
04:54
Stuff东东 like that.
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所以这也让我的工作不那么单调了,
04:55
And so it started开始 breaking破坏 up
the monotony单调 of the job工作 as well
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因为我一直要挑选和
包装所有的箱子,
05:00
because I was picking选择
and packing填料 all of the boxes盒子,
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这就是我在仓库里每天要花上
05:02
and that's all you basically基本上 do
for eight, nine, 10, 12 hours小时 a day
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8到12个小时的工作。
05:05
when you're sitting坐在 in the garage车库.
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于是,一件有趣的事情发生了。
05:07
And so an interesting有趣 thing happened发生.
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05:09
So we actually其实 started开始 to grow增长.
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我们的业务真的开始成长了。
05:12
And so, you know, over the last --
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在过去——
05:14
actually其实 just even 36 months个月 after that,
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就在那之后的36个月,
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we ended结束 up selling销售 hundreds数以百计
of millions百万 of dollars美元 worth价值 of stuff东东,
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我们最终卖掉了
价值数亿美元的东西,
05:20
and we actually其实 grew成长
really, really quickly很快.
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我们真的发展很快。
05:22
But during that time,
my role角色 started开始 to change更改, too.
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但在此期间,我的角色
也开始发生了变化。
没错,我是车库里的CEO;
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So, yes, I was the CEOCEO in the garage车库;
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05:27
I was picking选择 and packing填料,
doing all the work,
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负责拣货和包装等所有的工作,
但后来我过渡到了
05:30
but then I graduated毕业
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05:31
to actually其实 managing管理的 the people
who picked采摘的 and packed打包,
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真正管理拣货和包装的人,
接着很快,我所管理的人
05:34
and then pretty漂亮 soon不久 I managed管理 the people
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管理了那些拣货和包装的人。
05:36
who managed管理 the people
picking选择 and packing填料.
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而现在,我管理的是
最高层的人,他们管理的部门
05:38
And even now, I manage管理 the C-staffc-工作人员
who manage管理 the departments部门
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who manage管理 the people who manage管理
the people picking选择 and packing填料.
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要管理那些负责管理
拣货和包装的员工的人。
05:44
And it is at that point
in time, I lost丢失 control控制.
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正是在那个时候,我失去了控制权。
05:47
So I thought, OK, we were delighting取悦
all of these customers顾客 with these notes笔记.
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所以我心想,好吧,我们的
这些字条为顾客带去了快乐。
他们爱这些字条,
但我不能再继续写了,
05:51
They loved喜爱 them, but I can't
write these notes笔记 anymore,
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你知道我打算怎么做吗?
05:54
so you know what I'm going to do?
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我要告诉这些人如何写这些纸条。
05:55
I'm going to tell these folks乡亲
how to write these notes笔记.
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用什么笔,什么颜色,写什么,
05:58
What pen钢笔 to use, what color颜色 to use,
what you should write,
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应该使用什么字体,
06:02
what font字形 you should use,
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旁边的留白很重要,
06:04
don't mess食堂 up the margins利润率,
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this has to be this big,
this has to be that big.
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这个一定要是这么大,
那个则必须那么大。
很快,这个通过打破
配送中心单调性
06:08
And pretty漂亮 soon不久 this goal目标
of raising提高 morale情绪
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来提升士气的目标,
06:10
by breaking破坏 up the monotony单调
in the fulfillment履行 center中央
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就变成了微观管理,人们
开始向人力资源处抱怨。
06:13
actually其实 became成为 micromanagement微观管理,
and people started开始 complaining抱怨的 to HRHR.
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他们会说:“老兄,这个CEO
能不能别再来烦我了?
06:16
It's like, "Dude多德, this CEOCEO guy
has got to get out of my hair头发, OK?
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我知道该怎么写一张该死的便条。”
06:19
I know how to write a damn该死的 note注意."
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(笑声)
06:21
(Laughter笑声)
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就在那时,我们说:“好吧,
06:22
So it was at that point in time,
we said, "OK, you know?
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既然我们雇佣了这些很棒的人,
06:25
We hired雇用 these great, wonderful精彩 people,
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那我们就把“让客人愉快”
这个任务派给他们,
06:28
let's give them the mission任务
that's 'delight"喜悦 the customer顾客,'
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给他们提供工具,就是
这些字条——直接去做吧。”
06:31
let's give them the tool工具 to do so,
and that's these notes笔记 -- have at it."
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结果相当惊人。
06:35
And so what we found发现
was actually其实 pretty漂亮 startling触目惊心.
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有人真的就拿了这些字条
06:37
Some folks乡亲 actually其实 took the notes笔记
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开始画一些小小的漂亮的图案。
06:39
and actually其实 started开始 drawing画画
these really ornate华丽 minimurals极小值 on them.
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当人们订购尿布时,
你会收到这样有趣的字条:
06:43
When folks乡亲 ordered有序 diapers尿布,
you'd get really fun开玩笑 notes笔记 like this:
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“替我们向宝宝说声嗨!”
06:46
"Say 'hi'“喜” to the baby宝宝 for us!"
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如果他们后来买了一个
更大尺寸的尿布,
06:48
And you know, the next下一个 size尺寸 up,
if they bought a bigger size尺寸,
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他们会写:“长得真快呀。”
06:51
they'd他们会 write, "Growing生长 up so fast快速."
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06:53
And so people really, really took to it.
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人们真的很喜欢这种字条。
06:57
But it was at that time that it also
went off the rails轨道 a few少数 times.
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但在那个时候,也发生了一些状况。
我们有个人一直在写“谢谢,谢谢”,
07:00
And so we had someone有人 just writing写作,
"Thx感谢, thx感谢," all the time,
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07:03
and it's like, "Alright好的, dude花花公子,
my boss老板 used to write that to me,"
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让人忍不住吐槽:“老兄,
我老板以前就经常给我写这个。”
所以咱们不要再写“谢谢”了。
07:06
so, let's not write "Thx感谢" anymore.
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但与之对立的一面
也有一些有趣的事情发生。
07:09
But you also had interesting有趣
things on the other side.
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07:11
People got a little too creative创作的.
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人们会过于有创意。
我之前说过,我们出售的
都是大型量贩装:
07:13
And so, like I said before,
we sell everything in bulk:
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大型量贩尿布,大型量贩卫生纸,
07:17
the big packs of diapers尿布,
big packs of toilet厕所 paper,
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大型量贩包的玉米片和奥利奥饼干。
07:19
the big packs of Doritos多力多滋 and Oreo奥利奥 cookies饼干.
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07:23
We also sell the big packs
of contraception避孕,
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我们也卖大包的避孕用品,
所以——
07:26
and so --
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这就有点麻烦了。
07:27
this is getting得到 a little hairy毛茸茸.
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07:29
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
我们会卖40包大包装的避孕套。
07:30
So we sell the 40-pack-包 of condoms避孕套, right?
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07:34
We're all adults成年人 in this room房间 --
40-pack-包 of condoms避孕套.
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这里都是成年人——都知道
40包大包装的避孕套有多少吧。
07:37
So, someone有人 ordered有序
four 40-packs-包装 of condoms避孕套 --
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有人订购了四组40包大包装避孕套——
07:41
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
他们就买了这些,
07:42
And that's all they ordered有序,
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07:44
so, 160 condoms避孕套,
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所以,一共160片避孕套。
包装工很兴奋,
“我知道要如何让客人愉快。”
07:46
the packer封 隔 器 was like,
"I know how to delight the customer顾客."
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07:49
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
这个家伙…
07:51
"This guy ..."
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07:52
This is what they wrote:
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这就是他们所写的:
07:54
[Everyone大家 loves an optimist乐天派]
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【大家都爱乐观的人】
07:56
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
07:57
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
08:01
We didn't know whether是否 to fire him
or to promote促进 him, but he's still there.
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我们不知道该解雇他
还是提拔他,但他还在公司里。
他确实写了“大家都爱乐观的人”。
08:04
So, "Everyone大家 loves an optimist乐天派."
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08:06
But here is where it went
a little bit off the rails轨道
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但这也正是它有些出格的地方,
08:11
and I felt a little bit
conflicted冲突 in all of this.
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我感到有些矛盾。
08:14
And --
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并且——
08:16
oh, there's a really bad typo错字 --
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哦,有个严重的拼写错误——
08:17
so if there was only a red T-E-DT-E-D on stage阶段
that I counted on being存在 here,
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这台上如果只有一个红色T-E-D字样,
我就不会犯这种错误了,对吧?
08:22
it wouldn't不会 be a typo错字, right?
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08:24
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
08:25
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
我向各位保证过我的幽默感很差,
08:26
I promised许诺 you I had
a really bad sense of humor幽默,
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08:29
and now I'm gratifying可喜 that.
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现在我很满意。
08:30
So I told you. But I really
was conflicted冲突, right?
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但我真的很矛盾。
08:33
At this point in time,
we started开始 doing things
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在这个时候,我们开始做一些
08:35
that actually其实 weren't part部分
of our core核心 mission任务
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其实不属于核心内容的工作,
08:37
and people started开始 failing失败 at it.
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并且大家都没能做好。
08:39
And so, I thought,
should we let them fail失败?
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所以我想,我们应该
眼睁睁看着他们失败吗?
08:43
Should we continue继续 to let them do this?
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我们应该让他们继续吗?
08:45
I don't know --
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我不知道——
我当时不知道,
08:46
I didn't know at that moment时刻,
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08:48
but I thought this:
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但我想:
失败真的那么糟糕吗?
08:50
Is failure失败 really that bad?
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08:53
I'm not saying
we should celebrate庆祝 failure失败.
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我不是说我们应该庆祝失败。
08:55
There's a lot of talk in Silicon Valley
that says, "Let's celebrate庆祝 failure失败."
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硅谷有很多人说:
“我们应该以失败为荣。”
08:59
No, I don't know
if we would go all the way there,
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我不知道我们是否也会这么想,
因为在我们的董事会上,
09:01
because like, in our board meetings会议,
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09:03
our board members会员 are never like,
"Hey, Chieh基耶, you failed失败 last quarter25美分硬币,
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董事会成员从不会说:
“嘿,你上一季表现不好,
请继续保持,伙计。”
09:06
keep doing that, buddy伙伴, OK?"
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从来没有人说过这样的话。
09:08
No one's那些 ever said that.
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09:09
If you're part部分 of
an organization组织 like that,
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如果你在那样的组织,
打电话给我,我想加入他们的董事会。
09:11
give me a call, I want
to sit in on that meeting会议.
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私底下,我不认为
很多人会真的“庆祝”失败,
09:13
In private私人的, I don't think
many许多 people celebrate庆祝 failure失败,
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但我认为,从长远来看,
失败对于人们,
09:16
but failure失败, I posit断定,
is actually其实 pretty漂亮 necessary必要
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对于聪明和富有想象力的人,
09:19
for the folks乡亲 truly in the long-term长期,
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09:21
for the smart聪明 and imaginative想像的 people
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真正努力去完成你给他们的任务
09:23
truly trying to fulfill履行 the mission任务
that you give them at hand.
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实际上是非常必要的。
因此,失败实际上可以被看作
09:27
And so failure失败 can actually其实
be seen看到 as a milestone里程碑
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09:30
along沿 that mission任务 towards success成功.
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成功道路上的里程碑。
09:33
And if the downside缺点 of not micromanaging微观管理
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如果不进行微观管理,那么不利之处
09:35
is potentially可能 this perceived感知 notion概念
that you might威力 fail失败 more often经常,
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是觉得你有可能会经历更多的失败,
而如果真实情况并没有那么糟糕,
09:38
and if it's really not that bad,
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有利的一面又是什么呢?
09:41
what is the upside上边?
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我们看到了有利面,而且非常棒。
09:42
Well, we saw the upside上边
and it's pretty漂亮 great.
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我们给工程师布置任务说,
09:44
We tasked任务 our engineers工程师 and said,
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“我们建造配送中心的
成本要数百万美元,
09:46
"Hey, some of our fulfillment履行 centers中心
cost成本 millions百万 of dollars美元 to build建立,
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09:49
there's miles英里 and miles英里 of conveyor输送带,
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有几英里长的传送带,
09:51
and so, can you do the same相同 thing,
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你们能否能做同样的事,
09:53
can you make them efficient高效
without spending开支 millions百万 of dollars美元?"
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在不花费数百万美元的
情况下使它们高效吗?”
他们就去做了:
09:56
So, they got to work:
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他们做了这个——这可不是PS过的照片,
09:58
they actually其实 did this --
this is not photoshoppedPhotoshop处理,
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那家伙真的是在打磨。
10:00
the guy is really grinding磨碎.
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他们建造了一个自动导引的车辆。
10:02
They built内置 an autonomous自主性 guided引导 vehicle车辆.
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10:04
We didn't tell them what to build建立,
what format格式 it needed需要 to be.
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我们没有告诉他们要建造什么,
要用什么样的形式。
在90天内,他们制作了第一个原型车:
10:07
In 90 days they produced生成
the first prototype原型:
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用特斯拉的电池供电,
带立体相机和激光雷达系统。
10:09
powered动力 off Tesla特斯拉 batteries电池,
stereoscopic立体 cameras相机, lidar激光雷达 systems系统.
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它基本上复制了传送带的效率
10:12
It basically基本上 replicates重复
the efficiency效率 of a conveyor输送带 belt
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10:15
without the actual实际 capex资本
of a conveyor输送带 belt.
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且无需投入真金白银打造传输带。
10:18
So it doesn't actually其实
just stop with engineers工程师.
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并不只有工程师这样做。
我们的营销部门也很给力——
10:20
Our marketing营销 department --
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我们告诉他们:
“把话说出去;做对的事。”
10:22
we told them, "Hey,
get the word out; do the right thing."
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我们的营销团队有个
很棒的女士,妮塔莎。
10:25
We have this wonderful精彩 lady淑女, Nitasha尼塔沙,
on the marketing营销 team球队.
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10:28
She stopped停止 me in the morning早上,
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有天早上,她截住我说,
“应该怎么处理粉红税?”
10:29
she's like, "Chieh基耶, what are
we doing about the pink tax?"
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我拿了咖啡,然后坐下来,
10:32
I went and got my coffee咖啡, I satSAT down,
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对她说:“哦,妮塔莎,
先告诉我粉红税是什么?”
10:34
I said, "OK, Nitasha尼塔沙,
what is this pink tax?"
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她就告诉了我——这真的很有趣。
10:36
And so she told me,
it's really interesting有趣.
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有些人可能知道,在美国的32个州,
10:38
So, some of you might威力 know
that in 32 states状态 across横过 America美国,
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我们实际上会对
妇女产品征收奢侈品税,
10:41
we actually其实 charge收费 a luxury豪华 goods产品 tax
on women's女士的 products制品
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比如说女性护理产品,
10:44
like feminine女人 care关心 products制品,
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所以卫生棉条和卫生巾会
被当做奢侈品一样征税。
10:46
so tampons卫生 棉 条 and pads
are taxed征税 like luxury豪华 goods产品 items项目.
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我绝对不敢打电话给我的妻子——
10:48
So I would never dare call my wife妻子 --
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或者如果她打给我说:
“亲爱的,回家时买些卫生棉。”
10:50
or if she called me and said, "Hey, hon,
bring带来 some pads on the way home,"
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而我说:“宝贝,
你知道吗,现在有贸易战,
10:54
and I said, "Babe孩儿, you know,
there's a trade贸易 war战争 going on,
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经济状况不太好,
10:56
the economy's经济的 not that good,
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所以这个月不能买奢侈品,
但我保证下个月——
10:58
so no luxury豪华 goods产品 this month
but next下一个 month I promise诺言 --
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(笑声)
11:01
(Laughter笑声)
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我会看看状况。”
11:02
I'll take a look at it."
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我会很快变单身,对吧?
11:03
I'd be single pretty漂亮 quickly很快, right?
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不过很有意思的是——
11:05
But what's super interesting有趣 is now --
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11:07
we didn't tell them what to do --
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我们没有告诉他们该怎么做——
但现在,他们与财务合作退税,
11:09
but now, working加工 with finance金融,
they rebate回扣 the tax
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把我们多收的税款,
退回给全国各地的客人。
11:11
back to customers顾客 all around the country国家
that we unfairly不公平 have to collect搜集.
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所以在这个时间点,你们可能在想,
11:15
And so at this point in time,
you might威力 be thinking思维,
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“那么不做微观管理的
真正有利面是什么?”
11:17
"OK, what is the real真实, real真实 upside上边
of not micromanaging微观管理?"
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那就是:
11:21
and it's this:
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这些计划都不是我做的。
11:23
I didn't do any of these projects项目.
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我没有研发自动导引的车子。
11:25
I didn't make the AGVAgv.
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我没有做“重新思考粉红税”活动。
11:26
I didn't do the "Rethink反思
the Pink Tax" campaign运动.
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这些都不是我做的,
11:28
I didn't do any of this,
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但我站在TED舞台上,拿了所有的功劳。
11:30
but I'm standing常设 here on a TEDTED stage阶段
taking服用 all the credit信用 for it.
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(笑声)
11:33
(Laughter笑声)
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11:36
"This guy does nothing
and takes all the credit信用 for it.
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“这个家伙什么都不用做,
功劳却都是他的。
这个家伙是真正的CEO,
他真的做到了。”
11:39
He's a real真实 CEOCEO, this guy.
He's really got it down."
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(笑声)
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(Laughter笑声)
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但现实是:
11:43
But the reality现实 is this.
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我并没有完全精通 CEO 的工作,
11:45
I don't have the CEOCEO thing down
100 percent百分 pat,
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但我真的学到了一生中最基础
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but I've actually其实 learned学到了
the most fundamentally从根本上 challenging具有挑战性的 lesson
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I've ever had to learn学习,
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也最富有挑战性的一课,
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and that's this.
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这一课就是:
微观管理只有一种解决办法…
11:56
There is only one solution
to micromanagement微观管理 ...
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那就是信任。
11:59
and that's to trust相信.
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Thank you.
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谢谢。
(掌声)
12:02
(Applause掌声)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chieh Huang - Entrepreneur
Chieh Huang is cofounder and CEO of Boxed.com, a company that's disrupting the wholesale shopping club experience.

Why you should listen

Started in Chieh Huang's garage five years ago, Boxed now has hundreds of employees in facilities all over the United States. Since the garage, the company has sold hundreds of millions of dollars of products and has raised over a quarter billion dollars in funding to date. Forbes named Boxed one of the next "billion-dollar startups."

Prior to Boxed, Huang served as the CEO of Astro Ape, one of the first mobile social gaming studios. His personal honors include being named to Bloomberg 50 (Bloomberg Businessweek's 50 people to watch in 2018), National Retail Federation's list of "People Shaping Retail’s Future, Crain's "40 Under 40" and Goldman Sachs's list of "100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs." He is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and received his JD from Fordham University.

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