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June 29, 2003
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I spent Monday and Tuesday with colleagues
from six countries - Gabriela from Argentina, Dalton from Brasil, Karina
from Chile, Gerardo from México, Marietta and Valerie from Barbados,
and Debbie from Israel. I'd never met them before, and we all flew to Cleveland
to plan Americas-wide integration of our knowledge management groups.
The event was hosted by The Three Daves - Dave C from Atlanta (our knowledge
training expert), Dave W from New York (our knowledge community expert)
and me, with able assistance from our multilingual Cleveland hostess Krista.
The sessions were entirely in English.
Estuve este
Lunes y Martes con colegas provenientes de seis países -- Gabriela
de Argentina, Dalton de Brasil, Karina de Chile, Gerardo de México,
Marietta y Valerie de Barbados, y Debbie de Israel. No los conocía
de antes, y todos volamos hasta Cleveland para planificar la integración
de toda América en nuestro grupo de Knowledge Management.
El evento fue organizado por Los Tres Daves -- Dave C., de Atlanta (nuestro
experto de entrenamiento en knowledge), Dave W., de Nueva York (nuestro experto
en comunidades de knowledge) y yo, con la asistencia del nuestra multilingue
anfitriona de Cleveland, Krista. Las sesiones fueron completamente en ingles.
The amount of energy, knowledge and collaborative skill of our guests was
amazing. Never in my life have I seen a group of strangers coalesce into
a team, and develop a warm and trusting friendship, so quickly. I was, and
remain, in awe of this remarkable septet.
Some things I learned during these two short days:
- Every country in the Americas has a truly unique and distinctive
culture. All generalizations about 'Latin America' are outrageous falsehoods.
- In some ways the long history of high-tech in North America
is a disadvantage; several small countries in Central and South America have
made some amazing advances in computer technology and communication because
they did not make major investments in now-obsolete older technology in
the past.
- We have more to learn from countries that have had to make
businesses work without our assistance and our heavy investment in infrastructure,
than they have to learn from us.
- There are other people in the world who find it as natural
as I do to start work later and end work later than the average North American.
- Some Mexicans have a strange taste in cars.
La cantidad de energía, conocimiento
y habilidades colaborativas de nuestros invitados fueron sorprendentes. Nunca
en mi vida había visto un grupo de extraños fundirse en un
equipo, y desarrollar una cálida y sincera amistad tan rápidamente.
Estaba, y aún lo estoy, de este notable sexteto.
Algunas cosas que aprendí durante estos cortos dos días:
- Cada país en América tiene
una cultura realmente única y distintiva. Todas las generalizaciones
acerca de "América Latina" son de una falsedad escandalosa.
- De cierta manera la larga historia de alta-tecnología
de Norte América es una desventaja, muchos países pequeños
en Centro y Sur América han hecho increíbles avances en tecnología
computacional y comunicaciones, gracias a que no han hecho grandes inversiones
en las ahora obsoletas tecnologías del pasado.
- Nosotros tenemos mucho más que aprender
de los países que han tenido que hacer trabajo de negocios sin nuestra
asistencia y nuestra pesada inversión en infraestructura, que lo que
ellos tienen que aprender de nosotros.
- Hay otras personas en el mundo que encuentran,
al igual que yo, que es normal comenzar a trabajar más tarde y terminar
después que el promedio de los norteamericanos.
- Algunos mexicanos tienen un gusto un tanto
extraño respecto de los autos.
And there are a few things I don't understand, which maybe I'll learn as
I spend more time with my new colleagues:
- Why so many Central and South American countries have such
a long history of political violence and economic instability.
- Why there are not more bloggers in the Americas south of the
US.
- Why the thriving and high-quality arts and entertainment industries
of Latin America haven't permeated the North American market much more strongly
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I have made a pledge to learn Spanish, not because I need to in order to
communicate with my fluent counterparts, but to deepen my appreciation of
the cultures of all the Americas. Salutations and thank you, my colleagues
and new friends!
Y hay algunas cosas que no comprendo, y las que
probablemente aprenderé pasando más tiempo con mis nuevos colegas:
Por qué tantos países de Centro y Sud América tienen
una historia tan larga de violencia política e inestabilidad económica.
Por qué nos hay más bloggers en el sur de las América
de Estados Unidos?
Por qué el arte de América Latina, próspero y
de alta calidad, así como su industria del entretenimiento no ha penetrado
más fuertemente en el mercado norteamericano.
He hecho la promesa de aprender español, no por que lo necesite para
comunicarme con mis fluidas contrapartes, pero si para profundizar mi apreciación
por las culturas de toda América. Saludos y muchas gracias a ustedes,
mis colegas y nuevos amigos
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