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The Marginal Utility of Job Function

发表于 2010-04-01 | 分类于 Uncategorized |

A thought popped up my mind while I was in Topics of Money and Finance.

John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern explained decision making by using expect utility theory in 1944. A large part of the foundation of their idea lies in the utility function - an alternative way of understanding value of goods in the market after scholars abandoned the Labor Theory of Value favored by Classical and Marxian economists. In essence, the little sticky price tags on the myriad goods in supermarkets depended no on how much it costs to make the goods, but rather on how “happy” consumers are by purchasing them.

I suppose this explains why there are so many differentiated products on the market from a demand perspective. Sure, for the supplier, the enterprise is engaging in competitive behavior and opening up new markets by offering differentiated products. However, from a pure consumer perspective, perhaps all we wanted was variety, for the simple reason that our marginal utility on each “new” differentiated product is higher than the marginal utility on a second unit of any product that we already consume. (I certainly felt this way when I made a point of buying a different flavor of vitamin water every time until I have tried all of them - yes, I probably fell for their marketing tricks, but so have a lot of people I’m sure.)

This leads to my next supposition. What if one can gain more utility by performing different job functions? Suppose you start with network management. You become familiar with the process of managing chapters and keeping correspondence, but the more you do it the less utility you generate by performing the job function. Eventually you become tired of managing chapters and want to try something new. You then move to communications and begin dealing with speakers and invited guests to various events. Similarly, you begin with a high utility but gradually declines as time goes on.

In some ways the utility function would be similar to the learning curve - except the learning curve doesn’t measure how “happy” you are. And happiness matters significantly more in a non-salary-paying world.

But the other side of the story is that you are specializing whenever you spend longer time performing the same task. So there must be a trade-off between utility and value of specialization. In the real world, companies reward specialization by increasing the wage or salary. In a NPO where specialization is not measured by the amount of salary paid, how do we make sure everyone is happy doing the same job over an extended period of time? Each division therefore must figure out ways to reward specialization. Sure, promotion certainly serves as a huge incentive, even in the real world. But the nature of promotion implies that there will be some who are not promoted. For them, their utility must be supplemented, if not sustained, by both tangible and intangible rewards for specializing.

A lot of this clearly is not all that well-thoughtout, so if you have any suggestions, please let me know!

DYZ.Life

Happy Birthday David!

发表于 2010-03-09 | 分类于 Personal |

I turn 21 today.

How do I feel about it? To be perfectly honest. Nothing much.

I can’t grasp if I am simply feeling jaded about the social life of Planet College, or I am just too busy now to take my time to organize Party with the Zhukeeper__ III. No. It can’t be the latter. I was just as busy in freshman year, when I went to meetings from 7-10pm on consecutive weekdays, gave tours at the Visitors Center, socialized like I had never seen humans before, and performed at every possible event - I was just as busy as I am right now. I don’t feel so jaded either - I still enjoy every minute here, executing every action with passion.

But I did not pause my cramming session for Jeffrey Sachs’ Challenges of Sustainable Development class to write down my newfound nonchalance toward birthdays. I am here up at 2am because I have received some “new” happy birthday wishes, a category of birthday wishes that did not exist until this year - wishes from friends that are friends at a different capacity than ever before; wishes from the network.

It is not uncommon that individuals develop a sense of emotional accomplishment within the GCC network and find the need to put them in words. However, getting there (and speaking from experience) can be very tough.

Associates on the Network Management Division have come and gone. There are of course exogenous reasons beyond our control. But chapter advisory is not a job for just anyone. Many have complained the lack of a sense of “accomplishment” and “progress.” Tangible outcomes. The connection between efforts and rewards. The key aspect of an enjoyable job (or in this case, extracurricular activity).

Management is building solutions for a relationship-based problem. It is communicating effectively and understanding the needs of the other person at the other end of the line while proposing solutions in a way that will make “everyone” happy. It is the creation of Pareto efficiency in the realm of P2P communications.

Some examples:

  • When a chapter does not follow through with promises, what do we do? Cut is not always the right answer. They may have done extremely well in the past.
  • A chapter cannot communicate with the advisor assigned effectively. What should I do? We cannot always just reassign - there may not be enough associates to take on more chapters.
  • I am struck by fifteen mid-terms in two days and must be MIA for an extended period of time. I let something slip through the cracks. What do I do as supervisor? “I apologize for getting this back to you so late…” But why not a quick exchange on gchat? “Hey, how you doin? I’m really sorry there’s been fifteen midterms …”
    You are probably thinking: Are e-mail and gchat really that different? Yes - they are.

There are a million decisions that need to be made in every communication. Have you ever found yourself in these positions: What’s form of communication should you use? Text, chat, phone, voice mail, video, or just e-mail? What’s the tone you want to use? What format in the e-mail? Where to bold, italicize, underline? What level of mitigated speech should you use? How to use it? Are you sure you are using it correctly? Should you doubt your phrases? Should you let the receiver know that you’re doubting yourself? What sort of response would you prompt? How might that affect the overarching goal of this communication? Have you double-checked your e-mail? Did you forget an attachment? Did you remember to CC someone? Are you thinking too much about all of this?

Some of these decisions seem minor and probably will not matter in the grand scheme of things. But I am here to argue that they do. Non-physical communication eliminates all possibilities of physical language, which supposedly encompasses 60-70% of human communications. In the world of cyber communication, you are not a person - you are words, fonts, colors, tone, voice, and maybe 1 billion pictures on Facebook if the other person really cared.

Therefore, the considerations listed above determine the success of the communications, and the communications determine the success of the ultimate outcome.

I really appreciate the “new” birthday wishes (even one from Toulouse, France [special shout-out to Marianna for a wonderful e-card!]), because they come from those that I have communicated with successfully. And because of the success of these communications, I found a balance between effort and reward.

Reaching the landmark age of 21 may not mean as much to me on a cultural or social level as it it assumed to for the vast majority of American college students. But the “new” birthday wishes I have received give me a new sense of purpose. The story of my running of the network is a story of how to create Pareto efficiency in organization - using words.

DYZ.Life

陈启宗-恒隆地产董事长

发表于 2010-03-07 | 分类于 Economics |

Mr. Ronnie Chan of Hang Lung Properties Ltd. recently published an article at the Financial Times. The title is rather catchy - “The west’s preaching to the east must stop” - a title filled with patriotism and a hint of annoyance. A talk last Thursday night focused predominantly on the content of this article.

In essence, Mr. Chan argues for five of what he calls “global rebalancing” between East and West:

  1. a rebalancing of moral authority
  2. a shift in decision-making power in global economic affairs
  3. a shift in the centre of economic gravity from the Atlantic to the Pacific
  4. a movement away from a total dependence on the US dollar as the global trading currency
  5. a movement to a more balanced and stable world
    In his speech delivered to a group of around thirty at the Citi Executive Conference Center, Ronnie surprised me as someone that is not only successful in business, but also extremely bold and intelligent.

His article sounds great to Asian ears - who doesn’t like to hear that your side of the world is triumphing while the old “winner” is now on the “losing” side? On the issue of morality, Mr. Chan wrote, “Now some in America are advocating a G2 with only the US and China. If the focus shifts to the G2 to make decisions, then what happens to democracy? The west has a moral dilemma.”

On the fourth issue, Mr. Chan wrote, “Over time some countries will keep more renminbi, making it more like a reserve currency.” Some how I’m not so hot on this one. Unless “over time” means “over decades.” Still, I don’t believe it - probably because the economists teaching my econ classes at Columbia don’t believe it.

But more on the event.

The reason why I say that Mr. Chan is bold is that he is very pragmatic in my view. Use the EU for example - “People argued for days about restructuring the EU… but I said, the rest of the world doesn’t give a damn.”

I have always thought that perhaps I do not “feel” much for the EU because I do not live there - but I guess I’m wrong. It’s a global phenomenon. People just don’t care. It’s like Canada.

On the topic of Japan, Mr. Chan also stated that in a nation with a decreasing population size (i.e. a decreasing work force), the “economic growth model” becomes an “economic maintenance model” - and a negative growth rate should no longer be seen as a “recession.” But uh… why don’t we just look at per capita growth instead?

This one is also interesting - “The word ‘Chineseness’ and ‘nationalism’ are oxymorons“ - the logic within which is too deep for my ESL brain. Perhaps someone else can enlighten me as to what Mr. Chan really meant. But from what I gathered, he is basically saying that the Chinese do not actually understand what “nationalism” means - that it was always triggered by something else. But I wasn’t sure.

Toward the end of the Q&A session, Mr. Chan touched on the Asia Business Conference because a lady in the crowd asked whether or not he was attending as he is one of the founders. Mr. Chan said, “we don’t invite outside people to come and talk as much… we listen and learn from one another.” Indeed a very unconventional idea. Maybe I’ll incorporate part of this for GCC Day.

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Lunch with Booz & Co.

发表于 2010-03-07 | 分类于 Economics , Finance |

As prize for winning the Columbia Case Challenge, Team Almost GS was given the opportunity to have lunch with Mr. Becker Chase from Booz & Co.’s New York office. The lunch was great. Sashimi, bento box, shabu shabu - all paid for by the generous Columbia Economics Society (which receives its funding from our student life fee).

Turns out, Booz is very interested in China. Their home page tells the compelling story of a new “China Strategy” - a worthwhile read.

“In the world’s fastest-growing economy, the experience of the last ten years will not be the best guide to the next ten years. Business leaders around the world who want to be successful—not just in China, but anywhere—will need a new China strategy.”

Indeed, a lot of this might just seem like an overly not-another-bullish-view-on-China book. But the fact that the Chairman of Booz & Co. Greater China region is thinking in line with GCC should still be taken as an encouragement.

And what do you know? “Indeed, China is now the world’s largest and fastest-growing source of entrepreneurial start-ups.” Spot-on opportunity for GCC members right there. The world’s largest international student network focusing on China - and what business opportunities do our members have, if not in entrepreneurial endeavors? GCC-Vanderbilt is looking at starting a chapter initiative on doing pro bono consulting work in Nashville Tennessee. GCC-Harvard is looking at bringing volunteerism to China.

“Since 1978, China’s economic growth has been phenomenal,” the report goes on, “but also extremely inefficient.”

What are the trends?

With regards to the model of business ownership, the chairman writes, “it will evolve toward a nondemocratic but market-driven form of rule that, arguably, has never been seen on the world
stage before.” Included is a fascinating interactive graphic of how these ownership trends are heading toward.

Lastly, Mr. Tse wrote on leadership - “Many Chinese officials have internalized this aspiration. They have taken on responsibilities beyond their job descriptions, acting as the guiding hand in the creation of a world-leading nation. Their interests extend beyond self-enrichment to the creation of national wealth.” This reminds me of the words of Mr. Li at Ping An Insurance during the GCC Winter Delegation, “The most outstanding human capital of China are going into the political system.”

So all of this sounds wonderful and great. How do I get a piece of it? Becker assured me that every year, Booz tries to hire at least one person from Columbia. How very kind of them. I think I am better off working my ass off at Goldman Sachs this summer.

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Winning the Columbia Case Challenge

发表于 2010-02-27 | 分类于 Personal |


[caption id=”attachment_50” align=”alignleft” width=”300” caption=”Team "Almost GS" capturing gold at the Columbia Case Challenge.”][/caption]

8:30a.m.

Woke up to the biggest snowstorm this winter. Should I go? I wasn’t sure. I don’t even have a team. I thought.

9:20a.m.

Walked into Satow Room of Lerner in boots, jeans, and t-shirt. Lots of people - well, more than I had expected - all in suits.

I was placed on a team. Then I was switched. Within 5 minutes I was switched again - Too many teams were missing people, and in the end it made more sense for me to be add onto a team that had a group of 3 rather than staying in a group that only had 2.

I met Damion and Mansur for the first time. Katherine and I spoke for the first time after we have been through 5 econ electives together. I was the youngest on the team, and I liked it.

10:00a.m.

I changed into my routine charcoal suit and glasses. Damion’s energy level awakened my spirits. BLT and green tea by my laptop. I was ready to go.

10:40a.m.

The case began. Microfinance? I jot down notes as I speed-read through the packet. Where should I begin? The case was very different from Corporate Finance. No financial statements. Just a bunch of projections and statistics of competitors. Where do we begin?

11:15a.m.

We finished reading the case. It took too long. I was getting worried about our progress.

“I’m going to go ahead an put some basic info into the PowerPoint.” Having done multiple successful presentations before, I was confident with this aspect of the presentation.

The team decided the three main challenges facing the firm: fraud, profitability, growth.

12:00p.m.

The team debated at length regarding the possibility of introducing technology to help cutting down overhead costs and the possibility of fraud. I glanced at the profit forecasts. No way, I said, microfinance is a volume business, with a profit margin of less than a hundredth of a percent - if we want the firm to turn profitable in 3 years, technology would suck in all the profits. I was firm. A vote confirmed my position.

12:30p.m.

Debate ensued on the possibility of raising labor wages. I did not want to do anything that would increase costs. How about we change the model and collect interests via banks rather than in small groups? It worked out well. Everyone agreed.

1:00p.m.

Time is going fast. We broke down individual recommendations into 4 sections, with each one of the team members in charge of certain calculations, in hope that we would put them all together at the end. We squeezed a lunch break in there somewhere. I sat in the same place with the unfinished BLT.

2:00p.m.

Time was going faster than we expected. Our recommendations were smart, but our calculations were very basic. We had no pro forma. This is not gonna go so well, I thought.

We had 40 minutes left. “Let’s start building the PowerPoint,” a teammate suggested. I did my usual trick - overview, projection, recommendations. Having seen a good number of presentations before, I knew simplicity was key, and audience members usually appreciate animations.

2:40p.m.

Productivity shot up 5x within the last ten minutes. Procrastination is part of human nature.

We walked into the dark room. Inside, a judge sat with a notepad and a copy of the case next to him. Projector faced a whiteboard that had poor surface. Here we go. I thought.

I opened the presentation with an overview and outlined some of the things that I felt were important. My teammates each went in depth regarding the recommendations that we made and reasoning behind each. It was a quick ten-minutes. The judge stopped us in the middle of our presentation and asked, “why lend only to women?” We gave a satisfactory answer. “Because women statistically save more and are better borrowers because they are more likely to make repayment.”

3:00p.m.

The team ambled to the piano lounge. How did we do? I did not think too much about it. I do not like overestimation, nor do I like making guesses if the answer will be revealed in the next ten minutes. The team talked about how to answer some of the questions that the judge threw at us at the end. How are we going to solve the problem of hiring talent and retain them?

“Look!” A teammate shouted. The firm that was in the case existed in real life. We felt dumb for not having noticed before. But wait - the website confirmed that all of our recommendations were accurate. How could that be? The coincidence (or I should say, our group acumen) gave me a boost of confidence.

3:10p.m.

The finalists were announced. We made it. I was surprised - I had expected much harsher competition from the other team members, many of whom I knew from other student organizations. No time to think about that for now. Let’s get on with editing the PowerPoint.

3:30p.m.

The team practiced the presentation twice. We were going last. It meant that we had more time, but no chance of seeing the other presentations. We decided to add in a new slide to address the “talent” issue brought up by
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What I've Been Reading

发表于 2010-02-20 | 分类于 Economics , Personal |

New year celebrations continued in Chinese communities throughout the world. A record number of Chinese tourists visited Taiwan over the Lunar New Year. A total of about 40,000 Chinese tourists are expected this year, three times more than the number of tourists for the same season last year - according to the US-China Institute at the University of Southern California.

I remember when I was an analyst at Phillip Securities doing research, one place I looked at was the Taiwan hotel industry. Tourist hotel occupancy rate was expected to rise to 74.6% in 2009 from 64.7% in 2008 because of positive cross-Strait sentiment and policy deregulation. One concern was that report cited that the Won depreciated sharply against the yen, causing more Japanese tourists to pick Korea over Taiwan. However, if we can show that the RMB will appreciate significantly against the NT$ (likely), then tourists will also be more likely to pick Taiwan as a travel destination.

Not included in the report was a key cultural trend between China and Taiwan – that Taiwan entertainment industry has a significant influence over Chinese pop culture – hence, deregulation will result in more travelers to Taiwan – even if they do not end up staying for days in hotels.

Interestingly, this week Japan surpassed China as the largest holder of U.S. Treasury securities. The U.S. Treasury Department reported that China trimmed its U.S. debt holdings by $34.2 billion in December. To date, Japan holds $768.8 billion of U.S. Treasury securities while mainland China holds $755.4 billion worth of it.

On the sports front, China is doing much better than I expected (probably because I never paid attention to China’s winter sports development) at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. China won gold and silver in figure skating. Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo became the first ever non-European couple to win the gold medal in the Olympic pairs figure skating event. From what I understand, that was China`s first gold in figure skating history of Winter Olympic Games. But with a little bit of both Chinese and Canadian pride, I was very surprised to learn that China won Bronze medal in curling - a sport originally invented in Britain. But unsurprisingly, the Chinese team was coached by someone from Montreal - fier d’être canadien!

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Back for a New Beginning

发表于 2010-01-17 | 分类于 Personal |



[caption id=”attachment_48” align=”alignleft” width=”225” caption=”Sitting in a restaurant looking out to the runways. Cathay Pacific beckoning for my future wallet-share.”]HK International Airport[/caption]

Sitting in a restaurant at the Hong Kong International Airport right now. In front of me is a row of window panes giving access to a panorama view of the runways. Flanking me are the tails of the many Boing 747’s engraved with the brush stroke signature of Cathay Pacific. I feel like I am “back” – but to where? The developed cities give me something that I cannot feel when I am in China – freedom. The ability to think and act freely and to have full access to every single type of resource. Openness – that is what makes this view of the runways so beautiful.

It sure feels good to have free access to the internet again. The past month in China has been rather painful without access to some of my primary daily online tools. As such, I was unable to use this blog to track the progress of the delegation at all.

The GCC Winter Delegation in Beijing from Jan. 4-15th has been the most educational trip I have ever attended. Beyond a series of tours to corporate offices and headquarters, it got me thinking a lot about the economic growth and development of China, and the ways in which one can position oneself to take advantage of the opportunities that lie within. There is simply too much to talk about, to reflect upon, to remember - least we forget this valuable experience.

Sitting in a restaurant at the Hong Kong International Airport right now. In front of me is a row of window panes giving access to a panorama view of the runways. Flanking me are the tails of the many Boing 747’s engraved with the brush stroke signature of Cathay Pacific. I feel like I am “back” – but to where? The developed cities give me something that I cannot feel when I am in China – freedom. The ability to think and act freely and to have full access to every single type of resource. Openness – that is what makes this view of the runways so beautiful.It sure feels good to have free access to the internet again. The past month in China has been rather painful without access to some of my primary daily online tools. As such, I was unable to use this blog to track the progress of the delegation at all.The GCC Winter Delegation in Beijing from Jan. 4-15th has been the most educational trip I have ever attended. Beyond a series of tours to corporate offices and headquarters, it got me thinking a lot about the economic growth and development of China, and the ways in which one can position oneself to take advantage of the opportunities that lie within. There is simply too much to talk about, to reflect upon, to remember - least we forget this valuable experience.

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新浪 - 到此一游

发表于 2010-01-12 | 分类于 Personal |

今天到新浪中关村总部参观了。

作为美国纳斯达克上市公司的新浪集团,在网络新闻媒体届举足轻重。迈克杰克逊葬礼之际,新浪更独家从网络直播并添加同声翻译。目前,新浪战略上在内推微博(Micro-blogging),仿制创出中国的Twitter。新浪旗下地产公司更已上市,进军网络以外其他土壤。

想到新浪总裁以及核心团队就在身处隔壁的办公室里工作,心情不免有点振奋。新浪各个部门年轻精干,男女齐陪,的确是中国当之无愧的网络佼佼者。

离开时,介绍人员更温馨地赠送了新浪的娃娃和图画板,希望有朝一日自己也能够创出如此出色的一番事业。

我的微博:http://t.sina.com.cn/1679476363,关注一下吧!

(So ya, I’ve started a micro-blog on Sina.com. It functions pretty much like Twitter – if not identically like it.)

今天到新浪中关村总部参观了。作为美国纳斯达克上市公司的新浪集团,在网络新闻媒体届举足轻重。迈克杰克逊葬礼之际,新浪更独家从网络直播并添加同声翻译。目前,新浪战略上在内推微博(Micro-blogging),仿制创出中国的Twitter。新浪旗下地产公司更已上市,进军网络以外其他土壤。想到新浪总裁以及核心团队就在身处隔壁的办公室里工作,心情不免有点振奋。新浪各个部门年轻精干,男女齐陪,的确是中国当之无愧的网络佼佼者。离开时,介绍人员更温馨地赠送了新浪的娃娃和图画板,希望有朝一日自己也能够创出如此出色的一番事业。我的微博:http://t.sina.com.cn/1679476363,关注一下吧!(So ya, I’ve started a micro-blog on Sina.com. It functions pretty much like Twitter – if not identically like it.)

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归心,龟心

发表于 2010-01-09 | 分类于 Economics , Personal |

在美国,创新思想(Innovation)的起源来自与美籍经济学家熊彼得(Joseph Schumpeter)。创新是指把一种新的生产要素和生产条件的“新结合”引入生产体系。它包括五种情况:引入一种新产品,引入一种新的生产方法,开辟一个新的市场,获得原材料或半成品的一种新的供应来源。熊彼特的创新概念包含的范围很广,如涉及到技术性变化的创新及非技术性变化的组织创新。简单来说,就是依靠创业者和新建立的公司体系,把现有的资源重新组合,让市场和社会取得新的效率和值的提升,因为有太多的资源没有被当代科技所合理的运用。所谓的“蓝海战略”,也不过就是这种发展性的创新吧。在美国,越来越多的市场已经逐渐被一代又一代的创业者所占领,而金融危机更让一向没有耐性的金融业转眼它方。脱颖而出新市场是中国,它有太多的资源等待着被开发,等待着被重组,等待着增值。它需要的是人才。

未来的战争将不仅仅是军事的战争,资源的战争,科技的战争,经济的战争,金融的战争,更是人才的战争。因为无论是在军事、科技、经济、或金融的背后,是人才基础给予了各个领域的创造与创新。然而在人才基础的背后,是教育区分开来了所谓的“人才”和“非人才”。所以,整体教育制度的落差,是人才战争的起源,也是全球人才进出各个国家的根本原因。中国人才去海外留学以后多数想留下來发展,而美国人才极少想来中国学习研究,过去来中国的美国人多半都是美国的劣质人才,因为在美国呆不下去所以来中国寻找出路。就如两国的税率和汇率达不到平衡导致息差交易一样,教育制度的成功与失败直接影响着国家人才的进入与流失。在这种模式里,中国的人才在流失,美国的人才在增长。

这是过去的人才模式。

在我认为,中国现有的教育制度是失败的。美国现有的教育制度是成功的。中国教育的失败之处在于它以分数衡量人才的价值与升值潜力。美国教育的成功之处在于它对学生在创造能力方面的引导和教育。而创造能力在国家经济体系中最能体现的部分便是创业-创业的方法,成功率,以及创业之后对于国与人民有没有真正意义上的增值。过去的模式是教育发展经济,但今日的经济似乎有望可发展教育。人才战争走到今日,中国处于的战略位置与往日不同。越来越多的留洋学生,海外华人,甚至是非华裔人士,都盘算着有朝一日来中国发展。 中国在人才市场的占有率日渐提升,相应的,海归派也即将迎来革命性的变化。新一代的海归在未来的几十年里会有怎样的发展,我们拭目以待。

在美国,创新思想(Innovation)的起源来自与美籍经济学家熊彼得(Joseph Schumpeter)。创新是指把一种新的生产要素和生产条件的“新结合”引入生产体系。它包括五种情况:引入一种新产品,引入一种新的生产方法,开辟一个新的市场,获得原材料或半成品的一种新的供应来源。熊彼特的创新概念包含的范围很广,如涉及到技术性变化的创新及非技术性变化的组织创新。简单来说,就是依靠创业者和新建立的公司体系,把现有的资源重新组合,让市场和社会取得新的效率和值的提升,因为有太多的资源没有被当代科技所合理的运用。所谓的“蓝海战略”,也不过就是这种发展性的创新吧。在美国,越来越多的市场已经逐渐被一代又一代的创业者所占领,而金融危机更让一向没有耐性的金融业转眼它方。脱颖而出新市场是中国,它有太多的资源等待着被开发,等待着被重组,等待着增值。它需要的是人才。未来的战争将不仅仅是军事的战争,资源的战争,科技的战争,经济的战争,金融的战争,更是人才的战争。因为无论是在军事、科技、经济、或金融的背后,是人才基础给予了各个领域的创造与创新。然而在人才基础的背后,是教育区分开来了所谓的“人才”和“非人才”。所以,整体教育制度的落差,是人才战争的起源,也是全球人才进出各个国家的根本原因。中国人才去海外留学以后多数想留下來发展,而美国人才极少想来中国学习研究,过去来中国的美国人多半都是美国的劣质人才,因为在美国呆不下去所以来中国寻找出路。就如两国的税率和汇率达不到平衡导致息差交易一样,教育制度的成功与失败直接影响着国家人才的进入与流失。在这种模式里,中国的人才在流失,美国的人才在增长。这是过去的人才模式。在我认为,中国现有的教育制度是失败的。美国现有的教育制度是成功的。中国教育的失败之处在于它以分数衡量人才的价值与升值潜力。美国教育的成功之处在于它对学生在创造能力方面的引导和教育。而创造能力在国家经济体系中最能体现的部分便是创业-创业的方法,成功率,以及创业之后对于国与人民有没有真正意义上的增值。过去的模式是教育发展经济,但今日的经济似乎有望可发展教育。人才战争走到今日,中国处于的战略位置与往日不同。越来越多的留洋学生,海外华人,甚至是非华裔人士,都盘算着有朝一日来中国发展。 中国在人才市场的占有率日渐提升,相应的,海归派也即将迎来革命性的变化。新一代的海归在未来的几十年里会有怎样的发展,我们拭目以待。

DYZ.Life

Creating A New Platform

发表于 2010-01-01 | 分类于 Personal |

It’s been over three years since I wanted to make this happen. And now, with newly found motivation, I finally did it.

It can be argued that the single most important ingredient to success, beyond hard work, ambition, or talent, is platform. College is a great platform - but it’s too easy to lose focus in the myriad student clubs, campus jobs, large-scale events, etc. What do you do when such platform does not exist on campus? You build one.

GCC is a platform that has allowed me to see more problems, questions, and uncertainties regarding the future than ever before. Yet, what I see more than all of the above combined, is the wealth of opportunities laid down by the sheer timing of our existence - that the decisions we make today will impact the future of not just our friends and family and co-workers, but also the rest of the world.

So where do I fit in? I am here to find out.

It’s been over three years since I wanted to make this happen. And now, with newly found motivation, I finally did it.
It can be argued that the single most important ingredient to success, beyond hard work, ambition, or talent, is platform. College is a great platform - but it’s too easy to lose focus in the myriad student clubs, campus jobs, large-scale events, etc. What do you do when such platform does not exist on campus? You build one.
GCC is a platform that has allowed me to see more problems, questions, and uncertainties regarding the future than ever before. Yet, what I see more than all of the above combined, is the wealth of opportunities laid down by the sheer timing of our existence - that the decisions we make today will impact the future of not just our friends and family and co-workers, but also the rest of the world.
So where do I fit in? I am here to find out.

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