在不确定中寻找意义 我们生活在极度混乱的时代,许多使我们生活有条不紊的事物已经消逝。我们赖以生存的机构,尤其是工作组织,已不再明确,也无法肯定。 要想在四周的混乱中寻找意义,必须找出方法,在心中将它们理顺。我的方法是,接受这样一种观念,即生活中永远没有简单的或准确的答案,这里充满了冲突和意外,实际上也就是说充满了悖论。如果我们学会理解并接受这些悖论,我想最终我们就能找到穿越它们的出路,能与它们相处并把握它们。 在我看来,悖论是指两种相反的思想可以同时正确。例如,我认为企业组织必须同时是集权与分权的,既全球化又本地化,既有区分 Finding Meaning in Uncertainty We live in an era of extreme chaos, and many things that have brought us to life in an orderly fashion have passed away. The institutions on which we depend for existence, especially the work organizations, are no longer clear or indefinite. To find meaning in the chaos around you must find ways to straighten them in your heart. My approach is to accept the idea that there is never a simple or accurate answer in life, full of conflicts and surprises, and in fact, full of paradoxes. If we learn to understand and accept these paradoxes, I think in the end we will find ways to cross them and get along with them and grasp them. In my opinion, the paradox is that both opposing ideas can be correct at the same time. For example, I think that an enterprise organization must at the same time be centralized and decentralized, both in terms of globalization and localization,