Marco Alverà: The surprising ingredient that makes businesses work better
ماركو ألفيرا: العنصر المدهش الذي يجعل الأعمال تدارُ بشكلٍ أفضل
Marco Alverà is an Italian/American businessman and CEO of Snam, Europe’s largest natural gas utility. Full bio
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to a friend's wedding.
لحضور حفل زفاف صديق.
who were going to the same wedding,
ممن كانوا ذاهبين لنفس الزفاف،
to the groom as I was ...
and Greta, it was last week.
كان الأسبوع الماضي.
massaging their mom's back
that the other girl had a longer go.
بأن لدى الفتاة الأخرى وقتًا أطول.
shouting, "That's not fair!"
had precisely one minute on the toy.
على الدمية.
triggers us so strongly
المتعقلقة بالإحجاف.
issues of our society,
of polarization,
للتناقضات الأساسية،
defensive and disengaged.
وغير مشاركين.
of workers in the US are disengaged,
في أمريكا غير مشاركين،
spent on education in the US.
ما ينفقُ على التعليم في أمريكا.
of a country like Austria.
لدولة مثل النمسا.
and promoting fairness
Is it about systems?
وعن الأنظمة؟
interesting than rules and equality.
من القواعد والمساواة.
state-owned oil company.
ومملوكة من قبل الولاية.
the best performance
bonuses and promotions
العلاوات والترقيات
something to worry about.
شيئًا يدعو للقلق.
was producing some pockets of excellence,
كانت تنتجُ مكامن تميز،
was finding more oil and gas
من النفط والغار
to figure out how this was possible.
كيف كان ذلك ممكنًا.
that became less and less likely.
أصبح ذلك أقل فأقل احتمالًا.
that no one else had? No.
ليست موجودة لدى الآخرون؟ لا.
for the whole team?
من أجل الفريق بأكملة؟
really carefully.
dollars for the company,
knew what they were doing.
عرفوا ما كانوا يقومون به.
كان الأمر يتعلقُ بالإنصاف.
about short-term results.
بشأن النتائج قصيرة المدى.
for bad luck or for an honest mistake.
أو لخطأ غيرمقصود.
for what they were trying to do,
لما يحاولون القيام به،
They were part of a community.
the company would stand by them.
the definition of fairness.
unfairness antennae, put them at rest.
ووضعها تستريح.
which was finding oil and gas.
الدي هو إيجاد النفط والغاز.
about company politics or greed or fear.
أو الطمع والخوف.
to take huge rewards.
behind their backs.
at the company Christmas dinner
أكثر مرحًا
were working in a fair system
كانوا يعملون في نظام مُنصف
what they felt was right
what's quick, what's convenient,
بما نشعرُ أنه صحيح
ولكن هو أيضًا حافز كبير.
but it is also a great motivator.
who were doing the right thing.
الذين قاموا بالشيء الصحيح.
that I hire someone internally
الذي اقترح أن أوظف شخصًا في الداخل
but he didn't finish high school,
ولكنه لم يكمل تعليمه الثانوي
and so we gave him the job.
ولذلك منحناه الوظيفة.
for a budget to build a cheese factory
لبناء مصنع جبن
in the village.
no one ever built a cheese factory.
لم يقم أحد ببناء مصنع جبن مطلقًا.
because the milk they had would spoil
لأن الحليب الذي لديهم يفسد
so that's what they needed.
لذلك كان هذا ما يحتاجون إليه.
to take a risk and stick our head out,
ونعرض أنفسنا للخطر،
and other colleagues
doing great things,
ويقومون بأشياء عظيمة،
how this thing really worked,
to become a better leader.
لأصبح قائدًا أفضل.
to colleagues, to coaches,
and the way they worked
والطريقة التي يعملون فيها
by recent brain science.
that this can work at all levels
على كل المستويات
or the stable careers.
أو الوظائف المُستقرة.
an innate sense of fairness.
trying to struggle up a hill.
that pushes the ball up the hill,
يدفعُ الكرة إلى أعلى التلة،
pushes the ball back down.
إلى أسفل.
a square or a triangle.
that gives us pleasure,
unfairness, we feel pain ...
as if I really hurt myself.
the primitive, reptile part of our brain,
من أدمعتنا،
with threats and survival,
that's all we can think about.
هذا كل ما نستطيع التفكير بشأنه.
that we're wired this way,
of a community to survive.
until we're maybe 10 years old,
حتى نبلغ ربما 10 أعوام،
the same response
from my community.
why fairness is good
لماذا الإنصاف جيد
makes us really defensive,
that in a fair environment,
to be fair in turn.
أن يكونوا منصفين بالمقابل.
contaminates the whole pool,
تُفسدُ المجموعة بالكامل،
there's plenty of drops in that pool.
في تلك المجموعة.
as we can from everywhere,
ومن كل مكان،
starting from our companies.
a team of 3,000 excellent people,
لأنني أقودُ فريقًا من 3,000 شخص متفوق،
3,000 happy, motivated team workers
من 3,000 موظف سعيد ومتحمس
على مدار يوم العمل هو كل شيء.
in my fairness crusade
out of the equation.
people who say yes
for anyone who has different ideas.
a culture of diversity of opinions
is a little more procedural.
هو المزيد من الإجراءات.
the systems in the company,
والأنظمة في الشركة،
and allocate resources,
وتجميع المصادر،
of anything that's not very clear,
anything that's limiting
within the company.
and the motivation for the same reasons.
والدافع لنفس الأسباب.
you look at the rules,
and we have to do that --
to get to the real essence of fairness.
على المعنى الحقيقي للإنصاف.
requires something else.
يتطلب شيئًا آخر.
into a spreadsheet, into an algorithm.
وفي نظام حلول حسابية.
part of our rational decision.
من قرارنا العقلاني.
we're missing key important points,
فإننا نفقدُ النقاط الأساسية المهمة،
with our fairness center switched on.
مع جوهر عدالتنا في وضع التشغيل.
the job he's really hoping to get?
على الوظيفة التي طالما تمنى الحصول عليها؟
so much for this product?
مقابل هذا المنتج؟
is the right one ...
what the answer is.
the real best out of people,
على أفضل ما في الأشخاص،
will they leave their fears behind
عندها سيتركوا خوفهم وراءهم
making it their priority?
in a company that was more fair?
كانت أكثر إنصافًا؟
colleagues and bosses
for fairness and for character
الإدارة بسن 60 عام؟
to knock on the door
but why is it not happening now?
isn't always easy.
high school was a risk.
كان مخاطرة.
in Ecuador was a risk.
a little bit further,
and do what's right?
والقيام بما هو صحيح؟
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marco Alverà - Businessman, fairness crusaderMarco Alverà is an Italian/American businessman and CEO of Snam, Europe’s largest natural gas utility.
Why you should listen
Marco Alverà has 20 years of experience in Italy's most important energy companies. He holds a degree in Philosophy and Economics from the London School of Economics and started his career working at Goldman Sachs in London.
In 2002, Alverà joined Enel as Director of Group Corporate Strategy and a member of the management committee, contributing significantly to the development of the company's gas strategy. In 2004, he became Chief Financial Officer of Wind Telecom and oversaw the sale of Wind to Orascom.
In 2005, Alverà moved to Eni where he worked for 10 years holding various positions. He joined the company as Director of Supply & Portfolio Development at the Gas & Power Division, successfully navigating the group through the gas Russia-Ukraine gas crisis in the Winter of 2006. In 2008 he moved to Eni's Exploration & Production Division as Executive Vice President for Russia, Northern Europe, and North and South America. In 2010 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Eni Trading and Shipping. In 2013, he took on responsibility for the Midstream business unit, which consolidates the results of Eni's Gas & Power Division and brings together all of the supply, logistics and trading activities linked to energy commodities. He was later appointed Chief Retail Market Gas & Power Officer at Eni.
Alverà is a Visiting Fellow of the University of Oxford. He currently serves as President of GasNaturally, non-executive director of S&P Global and member of the General Council of the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice.
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