惠普首席执行官卡莉在清华大学演讲英文实录.docx

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惠普首席执行官卡莉在清华大学演讲英文实录

惠普首席执行官卡莉在清华大学演讲英文实录

CarlyFiorinaRemarksatTsinghuaUniversity

Beijing，China

March12，##

Xie，xie。

Xiawuhao。

ThosearetheonlytwowordsofChineseIknow。

That’snotrue，Iknowathird–Nihao。

IwanttothankallofyoufortakingtimeoutofyourwhatIknowthatisaverybusystudyscheduletobeheretoday。

Iknowthisisvaluabletimeforyouthatyoucouldbeusingtowork，orstudy，ormaybetoplaySwordonline。

Thankyouforhavingmeheretoday。

Comingfromacompanythathas“invent”aspartofourbrand，aspartofoursignature，IsometimesbeginspeechesbysayingthatinventionandinnovationhavebeenparttheDNAofHP’sformorethansixtyyears。

Ourscientistsandengineerstodaygeneratemorethan11patentseveryday。

Wespendmorethan4billiondollarsayearonR&D。

Soinventionispartofourfutureaswellaspartofourpast。

ThatallsoundsprettyimpressiveuntilyouthinkaboutChina’shistory，andyourealizethat“invent”hasbeenpartofChina’sDNAformorethan5，000years。

EveryschoolchildinAmericalearnsaboutChina’smanygiftstothisworld—fromtheinventionofpaper，togunpowder，thewheelbarrow，thecompass，acupuncture—rightuptothefirstblastfurnaceandthefirstuseofironcasting，backinthesixthcentury。

Asacompany，weactuallyatHPareespeciallyindebtedtoamannamedBiSheng，whohadthevisionin1045A。

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toinventtheworld’sfirstmovabletype，whichledtoitsfirstprinter—afull300yearsbeforeGutenberg’sinventionofmovabletypechangedtheWesternworld。

Sotoday，IwanttoissueabelatedthankyoutoBiShengforhavingtheforesighttosetinmotionaprocessthatwouldeventuallyleadtoa20billionbusinessforHP。

ThatgreattraditionofinventionandinnovationhascertainlybeencarriedonhereatTsinghua，wheresomeofthefinestinstructorsintheworldtodayareworkingtotrainsomeofthefinestscientistsandengineers。

It’sabitironicthatthisschoolwasoriginallyestablishednearly100yearsagoasaplacewhereyoungChinesecouldgotoAmericaandotherwesternnationstolearnfromus。

Today，therestoftheworld，Ithink，hasmuchtolearnfromChina。

It’salwaysstruckmethattheprocessofinventionisalittlebitliketheprocessofbeingacollegestudent。

Afterall，asaninventor，yougointoalabandyouhaveastrongbutperhapsvagueideaofwhatyouwanttoachieve。

Byworkinghard，experimenting，learningalongtheway，andusingasaguidetheworkofthosewhowentbeforeyou–youadvancedowntheroadtowardsdiscovery。

Youmaynotendupwhereyoustarted–orevenwhereyouexpected，butifyouaresuccessful，thenbeginsanotherdifficultprocessoftryingtomakeyourinventionworkintheworldaroundyou。

Likeinventors，manyofyouhavetraveledthesameroadoverthelastfouryearshereinuniversity。

Thepersonyouaretoday–thegoalsyouhavetoday，thedreamsyouhavetoday–maybedifferentfromtheonesyouhadwhenyoufirstcamehere。

Andnow，youarebecomingpreparedtotakeallthatyou’velearnedhereandmakeitworkintheworldaroundyou。

Ibelievethatyoungpeoplearegraduatingtodayintoaworldfilledwithmorehopeandmorepromisethaninanyothertimeinourhistory。

Iknowsometimesthatmightsoundstrange，becausewethinkalwaysofthedangersandchallengesintheworldaroundus。

ButIhavestudiedhistoryinmylife。

Idobelievethisisaneraofgreatpromiseandgreatopportunity。

Forthoseofyouwhohaveseenourads，youknowthattheyendwiththephrase，“everythingispossible。

”Acynicmightsaythatjustamarketingslogan–butIactuallybelievethat。

Idon’tthinkeveryiseasy，Idon’tthinkthingshappensrightaway。

ButIdothinkthateverythingispossible。

Foralltheremarkableadvancementswehaveseeninrecentyears，nothinghasmatchedthepowerofinformationtechnologytochangeourworldforthebetter。

Andinthenextdecade，itwilltakeustoplaceswecanonlyimaginetoday。

Chinaistheworld’sfastest-growingeconomy;theworld’sleaderindirectforeigninvestment;oneoftheworld’slargesttradingnations--aleaderonboththeproductionandconsumptionofinformationtechnology。

Chinaispoisedtoplayahugepartinthatfuture–andthestudentswhograduatefromTsinghuaUniversityarepoisedtoshapethefutureoftechnologylikeneverbefore。

Nowlikeanyuniversitystudents，Iknowforyoutheroadaheadhasmuchuncertainty。

ButifthereisonethingIhavelearnedinthepast20yearsinthisindustry，itisthattheprinciplethatyouhavelearnedinsidethewallsofTsinghua，theprincipleismoretrueoutsidetheuniversitythaninside。

TheprincipleIamspeakingofisthis:

thatgreatleaders–likegreatorganizations，greatcompanies，andgreatnations–greatleadersaredefinednotsimplybytheircapabilities，butbytheircharacter。

Notjustbythecompanytheyare，butbythecompanytheykeep。

Notbysuccessalone–butasTsinghuateaches，withself-disciplineandsocialconcerninequalbalance。

Tobehonest，IwishIcouldsaythattheroadtolearningthatlessonformewaseasy。

IwishIcouldtellyouthatthedayIgraduatedfromuniversityIknewexactlyhowallthepieceswouldfittogether，thatIknewexactlywhatIwantedtodofromdayoneandmylifeasbeenanicestraitlineandcarefulplaneversince。

Thetruthis，Ididn’tbeginmycareerasatechnologist。

ItooktoheartthewisdomofConfucius–whotaughtusthatoneshould“studythepastifyouwoulddefinethefuture”–andImajoredinmedievalhistoryandphilosophyatStanfordUniversity。

Asperhapsyoucanappreciate，thatofdegreewasnotingreatdemandwhenIgraduatedfromUniversity。

SoIwasn’tsurewhattodoaftercollage，soIwenttolawschoolbecausethat’swhatmyfatherwantedmetodo。

ButfoundIdidn’tlikelawschool;Ididn’thaveanypassionforit。

Iquitafteronesemesterquitafterasemester，andwanderedoffintotheworldtofindmyself。

Ididsomestrangethings。

IjoinedacommercialbrokeragecompanyandthereItyped，Iansweredthephones–Iwaswhatwecallasecretary。

ThenIwentofftoItalytoteachEnglishtoItalianbusinessmen。

Then，finally，Idecidedtoapplytobusinessschool。

AndthereIlearnedaboutmarketingandoperationsandstatisticsandotherskillsnecessaryforbusiness–butperhapsmoreimportantly，Ihadprofessors–likethestudentsheredo--whochallengedme，whotaughtmeadifferentnotionofwhatwaspossible，whoforcedmetoseemylifeinnewways。

AndIthink，inaverygreatmeasure--thatiswhatleadershipisabout，thatiswhateducationisabout，thatiswhatcharacterisallabout。

Yousee，Ithinkoneofmostimportantqualitiesaleadercanbringistheability，theenergy，thedesiretounlockpotentialinothers。

Ithinkleadershipisultimatelyabouthelpingotherpeopleachievemorethantheythinkispossible;itisabouthelpingpeopleseeadifferentsetofpossibilitiesforthemselves。

I’vebeenaskedalotsinceifthereareanylessonsI’velearnedaboutcharacterandleadership。

Therearethreelessons，IthinkthatIhavelearned，thatcontinuetoinstructmetothisday，thatcontinuetoguidemeinbothbusinessandinlife。

Thefirstlessonisthatvaluesmatterandcharactercountsandthat。

Thefirstlessonisthatvaluesmatterandcharactercounts，andthatnomatterhowmuchthingschange，fundamentalvaluesshouldn’t。

Forthoseofyouwhoarejuststartingoutyourcareer，youwillfindthatinleadership—asperhapsinlife—themostimportantdecisionsyoumake，andthetoughestdecisionsyoumakeareoftenthedecisionsyoumakealone。

Andwhenyoumakethosedecisions，thereisanopportunitytobebuffetedaboutbyandconfusedbyallkindsofthings:

conventionalwisdom，andpopularemotion…andmaybebycynicismanddoubtaswell。

IthinkleadershiptakeswhatIwouldcallastronginternalcompass。

AndIusethetermcompassbecausewhatdoesacompassdo?

Whenthewindsarehowling，andthestormsraging，andtheskyissocloudythatyouhavenothingtonavigateby，acompasstellsyouwheretrueNorthis。

AndIthinkwhenapersonisinadifficultsituation，alonelysituation;youhavetorelyonthatcompass。

WhoamI?

WhatdoIbelieve?

DoIbelieveIamdoingtherightthingsfortherightreasonsinthebestwayIcan?

Sometimesthat’sallyouhave。

ThesecondlessonI’velearnedaboutcharacterandleadershipisthatleadership，justlikesuccess，isnotajourney，itisadestination。

Itisperhapsaclichétosaythatleadershipisajourneynotadestinationbutitisaclichébecauseitistrue，leadershipisajourney。

Theonlyconstantinanyofourlives，whetheryou’rerunningacompanyorrunningafamily，orperhapsrunningacountry，ischange。

Butchangehasneverbeenasconstantandasfastasitistoday。

Tome，thedividinglinebetweenwillincreasinglyseparatethewinnersfromthelosersinthemarketplacethoseindividuals，thedividinglinebetweenthoseindividualswhotrulymakeadifferenceandacontributioninthe21stcenturyfromthosewhodonot—isthelinebetweenthosewhoembracechangeandthosewhorunawayfromit。

Itwillbebetweenthosewhoseektoleadchange，andthosewhofindrefugeinthestatusquoorintheircomfortzones。

AndthethirdlessonI’velearnedaboutleadershipandsuccessisthatrealpowercomesintheconnectionsbetweenallkindsofthings;butmostimportantlyrealpowercomesfromtheconnectionsbetweenpeople。

Powercomesnotfromthosewhostandalone，。

butfromthosewhocanworkbestwithothers，andreachouttootherstoachieveadesiredoutcome。

Andfindingthoseconnectionsandrecognizingthoseconnectionsispartofwhatleadershipisallabout。

Asleaders，youcanneverforgetthatpeoplewantto