TED演讲：去怀疑的勇气(6)

 　　So how do organizations think? Well, for the most part, they don't.  那么这些组织是怎么想的呢？其实大多数情况下，他们是不思考的。

　　And that isn't because they don't want to, it's really because they can't.  这不是因为他们不想，而是因为他们无法思考。

　　And they can't because the people inside of them are too afraid of conflict. 因为在组织里面的人，对于矛盾有一种恐惧心理。

　　In surveys of European and American executives, fully¹ 85 percent of them acknowledged  在对欧洲和美国行政人员的调查中，有85%都承认，

　　that they had issues or concerns at work that they were afraid to raise.  他们有一些他们自己不敢说出的话题和意见。

　　Afraid of the conflict that that would provoke,  对可能产生的矛盾有恐惧心理，

　　afraid to get embroiled² in arguments that they did not know how to manage, and felt that they were bound to lose.  不想被缠绕在他们不知道怎么处理的争论中，而且感到他们肯定会输。

　　Eighty-five percent is a really big number.  85%可是很大的数字。

　　It means that organizations mostly can't do what George and Alice so triumphantly³ did.  这意味着大多数组织没法做George和Alice成功做到的事情。

　　They can't think together.  他们不能心往一处想。

　　And it means that people like many of us, who have run organizations,  而这意味着跟我们一样的许多带领组织的人，

　　and gone out of our way to try to find the very best people we can, mostly fail to get the best out of them. 都在尽可能找到他们能找到的最好的人，不过大多数都失败了。

　　So how do we develop the skills that we need? Because it does take skill and practice, too.  那么我们怎样培养我们需要的技巧呢? 因为这的确需要一些技巧和练习。

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 embroiled   

adj.卷入的；纠缠不清的

参考例句：

• He became embroiled in a dispute with his neighbours. 他与邻居们发生了争执。
• John and Peter were quarrelling, but Mary refused to get embroiled. 约翰和彼得在争吵，但玛丽不愿卷入。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 triumphantly   

ad.得意洋洋地；得胜地；成功地

参考例句：

• The lion was roaring triumphantly. 狮子正在发出胜利的吼叫。
• Robert was looking at me triumphantly. 罗伯特正得意扬扬地看着我。