Amy Edmondson: How to turn a group of strangers into a team
艾咪艾德蒙森: 如何將一群陌生人變成一個團隊
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. Full bio
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Copper Mine in Northern Chile
發生重大坍崩,
that's two Empire State Buildings --
岩石下方半英哩處——
rock in the world.
designed for this purpose,
這種狀況所設計的庇護所,
是很高的溫度、骯髒物,
for two men for 10 days.
生存 10 天的食物。
that there is no solution.
is capable of getting through rock
鑽洞技術能夠穿過
where the refuge is.
if the miners are alive.
will be brought to the surface alive.
33 個人都被活著帶回地面。
是很好的個案研究,
and collaborating with people
time zone, you name it --
想得到的都是——
because this is different.
因為這是不同的。
those game-saving plays.
那些逆轉勝的關鍵發揮。
because they practice.
if you have the same members over time.
改變的情況下才有可能練習。
the definition of a team,
reasonably small group of people
人數合理的一小群人,
in achieving a shared outcome.
以達成一個共同的結果。
as a kind of pickup game in the park,
公園裡的一種臨時遊戲,
well-practiced team.
to win in a playoff?
more and more of us have to work today.
不得不使用的工作方式。
全球快步調營運、
with different people all the time
和不同的人合作
by all means do it.
務必好好用它。
of the work we do today,
我們所做的許多工作,
a lot of my research over the years.
做了許多研究。
have to be open 24/7.
全天營業、全年無休。
they're all different.
in complicated and unique ways.
by 60 or so different caregivers
照護者來照顧。
different specialties,
know each other's name.
for the patient to get great care.
才能讓病人得到好的照護。
the results can be tragic.
就可能會有悲劇性的結果。
the stakes aren't always life and death.
利害關係不見得一定是生死。
to create an animated film,
to go to Disney Animation
changing configurations
搭配組成團隊,
像是《冰雪奇緣》。
and never the same group twice,
in the emergency room
they have a lot in common.
它們卻有很多共同之處。
at different times,
取得不同的專門知識,
you don't have fixed deliverables,
你要交付的產品也不固定,
that have never been done before,
the way many of us have to work,
必須用這樣的方式工作,
that it's especially needed
針對複雜且無法預測的工作,
put this really well
就有段非常棒的描述,
are so big and so challenging,
太大了、太有挑戰性了,
we can't do it alone,
in knowing you have to invite people in."
一起合作,這也是一種謙卑。」
cannot be done by individuals,
不可能由個人來解決,
to team across big teaming,
做大型的聯手,
zero net energy buildings,
we have the visions,
becoming a more urban planet,
變成一個更都市化的星球,
in various locations,
green, livable, smart cities.
適合居住、智慧的城市。
a smart-city software start-up --
一間智慧城市的新創軟體公司——
with a real estate developer,
一間不動產開發業者、
some tech companies.
一些科技公司。
a demo smart city from scratch.
建立一個示範智慧城市。
not a whole lot had happened.
沒有發生很多事。
across industry boundaries
with this project.
「專業文化碰撞」。
and real estate developers
和不動產開發商
time frames is a big one --
時間表是個大問題——
總是能有一致看法。
than most of us realize.
所意識到的還要嚴重些。
professional culture clash
the future that we aspire to build.
無法建立我們嚮往的未來。
that we have to understand,
我們需要去了解的問題,
to figure out how to crack.
想出解決辦法。
especially big teaming?
能夠順利?特別是大型的聯手?
to solve for a number of years
在不同的工作場所
of the answer to this question,
能一瞥這個問題的答案,
different companies,
來自不同的公司,
they tried many things,
他們做了許多嘗試,
devastating daily failure,
讓人身心交瘁的失敗,
real challenge ahead,
diverse individuals,
nationality as well,
what each other brings.
to learn fast what might work.
以了解什麼行得通。
into this remarkable story,
進行到第 17 天時,
who is a brilliant mining engineer
他是個出色的採礦工程師,
to lead the rescue.
around the world.
including myself, watched from afar,
包括我自己,從遠處看著
painful progress through the rock.
艱苦地試圖穿過岩石。
broke through to the refuge.
他們突破到了庇護所。
they were able to find it
他們得以透過許多
of experimental techniques.
and communication would travel,
they continued the teaming
聯手合作了 53 天,
創造出一個更大的洞,
the miners out one by one.
professional culture clash?
but let me be more specific.
「領導力」,但讓我說清楚些。
that they don't have the answers.
他們並沒有答案。
people were very curious,
可以肯定大家很好奇,
it's hard to speak up, right?
要說出來挺難的,對吧?
that might be a stupid idea
很蠢的點子也很困難,
the basic human challenge:
基本人類挑戰:
to think we know.
就覺得我們知道。
and we can do it --
且我們能做到——
a kind of generosity of interpretation.
一種在詮釋上的寬宏大量。
and you all know it.
是你們都知道的。
if you didn't know it.
你就不會在這間房間裡。
from the movie "The Paper Chase."
《寒窗戀》這部電影。
is supposed to look like.
Look to your right.
看看你的右邊。
"It's me or you."
「不是你,就是我。」
welcome newcomers that way anymore,
會用那種方式來歡迎新人,
with that message of scarcity anyway.
一山不容二虎的訊息到來。
inadvertently see others as competitors.
視為競爭者,要聯手就會很困難。
the results can be awesome.
I must get to know him better."
我得要再多了解他一點。」
I don't know him well enough.
那就表示我不夠了解他。
for effective teaming.
才能有效地聯手合作。
我們能把事情搞定。
and reach out and reach across,
向外求助,跨出界線,
no better advice than this:
最好的忠告就是:
the unique talents, skills
找到獨特的才華、技能,
can you convey what you bring?
你能帶給他們什麼?
to build the future we know we can create
若要聯手建立一個
來創造的未來,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Amy Edmondson - Leadership expertAmy 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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