Lorna Davis: A guide to collaborative leadership
Lorna Davis: Guía sobre liderazgo compartido
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con botones y hombreras.
company in New Zealand.
de galletas y aperitivos.
as the leader of a company,
que lideraba una empresa
to give a big speech
para dar un gran discurso
y ambiciosos objetivos.
iba a empezar con la frase
a Kiwi eats a snack,
que un kiwi se tome un aperitivo
how to measure our results
cómo medir nuestros resultados
really pleased with myself.
and biscuits in a pink suit.
con un traje rosa.
did not lead to action.
me or the message.
o no creyeran en mi mensaje.
what they were expected to do.
qué tenía que hacer.
that this is a classic hero speech,
el clásico discurso heroico,
I overcame that obstacle and triumphed.
que superé los obstáculos y triunfé.
and interconnected
e interconectado
has the answer is ludicrous.
tiene la respuesta es absurda.
that it's been solved by that hero,
que el héroe lo ha solucionado
of saying we need each other.
nos necesitamos los unos a los otros.
can be really difficult, sometimes.
puedan resultar difíciles algunas veces.
how to be a good leader.
cómo ser una buena líder.
and five continents.
y cinco continentes.
with the B Corp community,
en la comunidad B Corp.
como una fuerza para hacer el bien.
as a force for good.
with about 250 questions
con 250 preguntas
and environmental performance.
y medioambiental.
as well as your shareholders
para la comunidad y sus accionistas
the declaration of interdependence.
una declaración de interdependencia.
that inspires me the most
as part of a whole system.
on a big, flowing river of activity,
en un caudaloso río de actividad
soft drinks manufacturers,
fabricantes de refrescos,
which has financial results.
con resultados financieros.
with consequences.
that true collaboration is possible,
una verdadera colaboración,
are doing a few things very differently
relationship with other people.
con otras personas.
that can be individually delivered
que puede conseguirse de forma individual
"revenue" and "market share"
"ingresos" y "participaciones".
by one company or one person alone.
por una sola empresa o persona.
from the clothing industry,
of waste a year.
92 millones de toneladas de basura.
are clothing manufacturers,
fabricantes de ropa,
to reducing waste.
con la reducción de residuos.
that their responsibility ends
su responsabilidad termina
not to buy new clothes from them,
para no comprar su ropa nueva
nuestra ropa antigua.
when you bring back your clothes,
cuando entregamos la ropa
or turn them into other clothes.
o la convierten en otra diferente.
are competitive in some ways,
and with others in the industry
y con otras del mismo sector
that happen upstream as well.
que ocurre más allá.
who work from home in this industry,
desde casa en este sector,
difficult circumstances
and doing detailed stitching.
y dando puntadas con detalle.
for these workers.
with a not-for-profit called Nest
un grupo sin ánimo de lucro,
adoptadas ya por todo el sector.
by the whole industry.
you can't unsee them,
ya no puede obviarlos,
to help you to solve them.
para resolverlos.
interdependence as a given,
for collaborators
their goals before they have a plan.
antes de tener el plan.
their carefully crafted goal
unos objetivos pensados al detalle
is to set the stage for the big win.
preparar el escenario para la victoria.
llenas de triunfos.
por otro lado,
an invitation for co-creation,
invitaciones a la creación conjunta
of the French food company Danone,
de Danone, la compañía francesa,
to become a B Corp.
that we had seen our role
que habíamos establecido nuestro rol
young people in our company
de otras B Corps de nuestro alrededor.
moment of a hero company --
como si fuéramos héroes de empresa,
that you can't achieve alone,
que uno no puede conseguir solo
at the third big difference,
a la tercera diferencia,
as a competitor or a follower.
como competidores o seguidores.
because they want the credit.
y quedarse con el mérito.
in a typical hero meeting.
en cualquier reunión que tengan.
are not just mindless calendar fillers.
para rellenar horas.
things you have.
and communicate
running the Kraft Foods business,
dirigiendo Kraft Foods,
other things, Oreo cookies,
galletas Oreo,
la cultura de los héroes.
new products that failed.
que fracasaban
knew they were going to fail,
que fracasaríamos,
our innovation and planning meetings
de planificación e innovación
went back to Chinese.
everyone spoke great English,
un inglés casi perfecto,
and the meeting was in English,
y la reunión era en inglés,
and I was the boss
that intimidating hero look.
con mi mirada de héroe.
in the meeting their opinion.
a todos los que estaban en la reunión.
of the subtleties of the differences
las sutiles diferencias
and Chinese taste, in this case,
radically turned around
dio un giro de 180 grados
green-tea-flavored Oreos.
por todas partes.
of great stuff happening
muchas cosas buenas
to another part of the world.
pasaran en la otra.
delante de mucha gente
with PowerPoint,
to become sort of heroic.
de convertirse en héroe.
and it's not even interesting.
ni tampoco, interesante.
full-day marketplaces,
as persuasively as possible,
siendo lo más persuasivos posible
bought them with fake check books.
las compraba con unos talonarios falsos.
with the environment
que parecen tonterías,
ideas to spread like wildfire.
y a poder difundir sus ideas.
carefully curated and created
is valuable and important,
que es valioso e importante
their best selves to the table.
está aquí presente en TED.
I think I'm a hero.
parece que me creo una heroína.
about the point that I'm trying to make,
sobre lo que estoy contando
I have zero credibility
about wildlife conservation,
de la conservación de la vida salvaje.
who think that those horns are valuable,
que sus cuernos son valiosos,
of the same stuff
to reduce this goal
is a goal way too big for me.
con la caza ilegal yo sola.
in interdependence land.
en una tierra de interdependencia.
tan apasionadas como yo
but inspiring process
pero inspira a aprender
trabajar juntas.
someone will stand on this stage
alguien se suba aquí
saved my beloved rhinos.
ha salvado a mis amados rinocerontes.
la cultura del héroe
why everyone else does it,
than being a hero.
que ser un héroe.
and transparent and vulnerable,
y seamos transparentes y vulnerables.
have been trained to do.
que un líder debe ser.
y separarme del resto
from heroic leadership,
from interdependence and vulnerability
con interdependencia y vulnerabilidad
that the world is facing today,
que el mundo afronta estos días,
ir mejorando en este tema.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lorna Davis - Business leaderLorna Davis inspires, coaches and provokes leaders to use business as a force for good.
Why you should listen
Lorna Davis transforms the way leaders operate so they can incorporate social, environmental and financial priorities into their business performance. She runs group workshops, coaches individuals and is a highly sought after keynote speaker. She also serves on the board of a number of organizations that are committed to having meaningful purpose.
Davis has served as president of multinational consumer goods companies for more than 20 years, in Danone, Kraft and Mondelez. She has been a key leader in Danone’s purpose journey. In 2017, she served as CEO and chairwoman of Danone Wave (now Danone North America), where she established the six-billion-dollar entity as a Public Benefit Corporation and achieved B Corp status in 2018, making it the largest B Corp in the world.
Davis is a member of the Social Mission Board of Seventh Generation, the Advisory Board of Radical Impact, the Integrity Board of Sir Kensington and the Board of the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture.She has lived and led businesses in seven countries, including the UK, France and the US, and served on the global board of Electrolux for six years. She was also based in Shanghai, China for six years, where she was the CEO of the merged Danone and Kraft business.
Davis is now based in New York City, where she runs Lorna Davis Associates, working as a coach, speaker and facilitator. She is a global ambassador for the B Corp movement. She is passionate about wildlife conservation, particularly the plight of the African rhino.
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