财富精英励志演讲107:艰难的抉择(8)

 　　Now one of things that I believe is that change not only requires an understanding of human nature, change also requires clear-eyed realism, change requires a deep understanding of what is wrong, so that means, for example, understanding all of issues and articulating¹ them to people. When I came to Hewlett Packard in 1999, this was a company as I mentioned, lagging further and further behind, as measured in innovation², as measured in financial performance, as measured in competitive³ position, by every measure, HP was falling further and further behind, and it was also a company dissolved into what I called 1000 trifles⁴ at 87 different business units, they all did their own thing, they all had their own brands in the market, 150 of them, believe it or not, when I asked them how many employees we had, no one could answer the question, because they were 87 different IT systems, and 87 different HR departments, not very effective. But people were so possessive of their resources and their power. When you come into transform a company, it is a leader's job to see things that others don't that is a leader's fundamental responsibility to see things before others see them. The leader's most fundamental job is to sense danger and opportunity ahead of others and to act on it.

　　我相信要改变的话，除了明白人的本性，还需要头脑清晰的现实主义，改变需要深入了解哪里出错。这就意味着，要了解全部情况并明明白白告知他人。1999年，我到了惠普，如我之前提及的，当时企业已越来越落后，无论从创新、财政业绩、竞争优势等多方面来衡量，惠普都是愈加落后，我称之为四分五裂的企业。那时有87个各自为营的商业部门，市场上有150个品牌。信不信由你，没人能回答我有多少员工。因为有87个不同的信息技术系统，87个人事部门，非常没有效率。但人们牢牢抓住资源和权力不放。企业领导人要改造企业，就要看到人们看不见的事物，其基本责任是遇见事物。领导人最基本的工作是早于他人感觉到危险和机会，并采取行动。

1 articulating   

adj.关节连接的

参考例句：

• The Sunday Leader has never sought safety articulating the majority view. 《星期日导报》从来不会为了自身的安危就丝毫不怀疑地去附和宣传大多数人的观点。
• The constitution should not constrain us from articulating these political ideas. 宪法不应阻止我们声张这些政治理念。

2 innovation   

n.改革，革新，新观念，新方法，新发明

参考例句：

• There are all sorts of possibilities for technical innovation.技术革新的门道很多。
• An enterprise should encourage innovation.企业应鼓励创新。

3 competitive   

adj.竞争的，比赛的，好竞争的，有竞争力的

参考例句：

• Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
• These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。

4 trifles   

无价值的东西( trifle的名词复数 )； 琐事； 少量； 乳脂松糕

参考例句：

• I don't know why you waste your time on such trifles. 我不明白你为什么在这种琐事上浪费时间。
• I hate that they should be worried about trifles. 真遗憾，他们竟为区区小事发愁。