惠普首席执行官卡莉在清华大学演讲英文实录.docx

1、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Carly Fiorina Remarks at Tsinghua UniversityBeijing， ChinaMarch 12， #Xie， xie。 Xia wu hao。 Those are the only two words of Chinese I know。 Thats no true， I know a thirdNi hao。 I want to thank all of you for taking time out of your what I know that is a very bu

2、sy study schedule to be here today。 I know this is valuable time for you that you could be using to work， or study， or maybe to play Sword on line。 Thank you for having me here today。Coming from a company that has“invent”as part of our brand， as part of our signature， I sometimes begin speeches by s

3、aying that invention and innovation have been part the DNA of HPs for more than sixty years。 Our scientists and engineers today generate more than 11 patents every day。 We spend more than 4 billion dollars a year on R&D。 So invention is part of our future as well as part of our past。That all sounds

4、pretty impressive until you think about Chinas history， and you realize that“invent”has been part of Chinas DNA for more than 5，000 years。 Every schoolchild in America learns about Chinas many gifts to this worldfrom the invention of paper， to gunpowder， the wheelbarrow， the compass， acupuncturerigh

5、t up to the first blast furnace and the first use of iron casting， back in the sixth century。As a company， we actually at HP are especially indebted to a man named Bi Sheng， who had the vision in 1045 A。D。 to invent the worlds first movable type， which led to its first printera full 300 years before

6、 Gutenbergs invention of movable type changed the Western world。 So today， I want to issue a belated thank you to Bi Sheng for having the foresight to set in motion a process that would eventually lead to a 20 billion business for HP。That great tradition of invention and innovation has certainly bee

7、n carried on here at Tsinghua， where some of the finest instructors in the world today are working to train some of the finest scientists and engineers。 Its a bit ironic that this school was originally established nearly 100 years ago as a place where young Chinese could go to America and other west

8、ern nations to learn from us。 Today， the rest of the world， I think， has much to learn from China。Its always struck me that the process of invention is a little bit like the process of being a college student。 After all， as an inventor， you go into a lab and you have a strong but perhaps vague idea

9、of what you want to achieve。 By working hard， experimenting， learning along the way， and using as a guide the work of those who went before youyou advance down the road towards discovery。 You may not end up where you startedor even where you expected， but if you are successful， then begins another d

10、ifficult process of trying to make your invention work in the world around you。Like inventors， many of you have traveled the same road over the last four years here in university。 The person you are todaythe goals you have today， the dreams you have todaymay be different from the ones you had when y

11、ou first came here。 And now， you are becoming prepared to take all that youve learned here and make it work in the world around you。I believe that young people are graduating today into a world filled with more hope and more promise than in any other time in our history。 I know sometimes that might

12、sound strange， because we think always of the dangers and challenges in the world around us。 But I have studied history in my life。 I do believe this is an era of great promise and great opportunity。For those of you who have seen our ads， you know that they end with the phrase，“everything is possibl

13、e。”A cynic might say that just a marketing sloganbut I actually believe that。 I dont think every is easy， I dont think things happens right away。 But I do think that everything is possible。For all the remarkable advancements we have seen in recent years， nothing has matched the power of information

14、technology to change our world for the better。 And in the next decade， it will take us to places we can only imagine today。China is the worlds fastest-growing economy; the worlds leader in direct foreign investment; one of the worlds largest trading nations - a leader on both the production and cons

15、umption of information technology。 China is poised to play a huge part in that futureand the students who graduate from Tsinghua University are poised to shape the future of technology like never before。 Now like any university students， I know for you the road ahead has much uncertainty。 But if the

16、re is one thing I have learned in the past 20 years in this industry， it is that the principle that you have learned inside the walls of Tsinghua， the principle is more true outside the university than inside。 The principle I am speaking of is this: that great leaderslike great organizations， great

17、companies， and great nationsgreat leaders are defined not simply by their capabilities， but by their character。 Not just by the company they are， but by the company they keep。 Not by success alonebut as Tsinghua teaches， with self-discipline and social concern in equal balance。To be honest， I wish I

18、 could say that the road to learning that lesson for me was easy。 I wish I could tell you that the day I graduated from university I knew exactly how all the pieces would fit together， that I knew exactly what I wanted to do from day one and my life as been a nice strait line and careful plan ever s

19、ince。 The truth is， I didnt begin my career as a technologist。 I took to heart the wisdom of Confuciuswho taught us that one should“study the past if you would define the future”and I majored in medieval history and philosophy at Stanford University。 As perhaps you can appreciate， that of degree was

20、 not in great demand when I graduated from University。So I wasnt sure what to do after collage， so I went to law school because thats what my father wanted me to do。 But found I didnt like law school; I didnt have any passion for it。 I quit after one semester quit after a semester， and wandered off

21、into the world to find myself。 I did some strange things。 I joined a commercial brokerage company and there I typed， I answered the phonesI was what we call a secretary。 Then I went off to Italy to teach English to Italian businessmen。 Then， finally， I decided to apply to business school。 And there

22、I learned about marketing and operations and statistics and other skills necessary for businessbut perhaps more importantly， I had professorslike the students here do - who challenged me， who taught me a different notion of what was possible， who forced me to see my life in new ways。 And I think， in

23、 a very great measure - that is what leadership is about， that is what education is about， that is what character is all about。You see， I think one of most important qualities a leader can bring is the ability， the energy， the desire to unlock potential in others。 I think leadership is ultimately ab

24、out helping other people achieve more than they think is possible; it is about helping people see a different set of possibilities for themselves。Ive been asked a lot since if there are any lessons Ive learned about character and leadership。 There are three lessons， I think that I have learned， that

25、 continue to instruct me to this day， that continue to guide me in both business and in life。The first lesson is that values matter and character counts and that。 The first lesson is that values matter and character counts， and that no matter how much things change， fundamental values shouldnt。 For

26、those of you who are just starting out your career， you will find that in leadershipas perhaps in lifethe most important decisions you make， and the toughest decisions you make are often the decisions you make alone。 And when you make those decisions， there is an opportunity to be buffeted about by

27、and confused by all kinds of things: conventional wisdom， and popular emotionand maybe by cynicism and doubt as well。I think leadership takes what I would call a strong internal compass。 And I use the term compass because what does a compass do? When the winds are howling， and the storms raging， and

28、 the sky is so cloudy that you have nothing to navigate by， a compass tells you where true North is。 And I think when a person is in a difficult situation， a lonely situation; you have to rely on that compass。 Who am I? What do I believe? Do I believe I am doing the right things for the right reason

29、s in the best way I can? Sometimes thats all you have。The second lesson Ive learned about character and leadership is that leadership， just like success， is not a journey， it is a destination。 It is perhaps a clichto say that leadership is a journey not a destination but it is a clichbecause it is t

30、rue， leadership is a journey。 The only constant in any of our lives， whether youre running a company or running a family， or perhaps running a country， is change。 But change has never been as constant and as fast as it is today。To me， the dividing line between will increasingly separate the winners

31、from the losers in the marketplace those individuals， the dividing line between those individuals who truly make a difference and a contribution in the 21st century from those who do notis the line between those who embrace change and those who run away from it。 It will be between those who seek to

32、lead change， and those who find refuge in the status quo or in their comfort zones。And the third lesson Ive learned about leadership and success is that real power comes in the connections between all kinds of things; but most importantly real power comes from the connections between people。 Power comes not from those who stand alone， 。but from those who can work best with others， and reach out to others to achieve a desired outcome。 And finding those connections and recognizing those connections is part of what leadership is all about。As leaders， you can never forget that people want to