Activity6 - Story Telling

------ By Azalea

I would like to share the real story which it happened in my organization about four years ago. The story is telling us the working style of traditional Chinese organizations as well as the attitudes of their employees. Also, it brings us to understand how those employees learn and realize the potential after leaders focus to make a change. The story was happened fours years ago. I was an editor in Shanghai Security News as well as an editor for its online platform www.cnstock.com. I remember that my boss went to Hong Kong to observe how the staff of TVB made its programs. Then, after her HK visit, she went back to Shanghai and asked us to try the ways how TVB staff made their programs. All of our staff thought the ways TVB staff made the programs is impossible because they thought that it is impossible to make a program by only a person. Actually, our organization divided the program into many parts which will be separately assigned to a dedicated person to be responsible to the specific part. Therefore, no one thought that a person can take in charge of the entire program. However, the leader of my organization forced us to make this practice without any excuse. What’s a surprise! My colleagues really made it after trying for few times. Finally, they realized that it is possible. They understood that “you never try, you never know”. Also, they understand people in traditional Chinese organizations do not initiate to make the change by themselves or even resist making any change with high tolerance. Thus, most of change is being forced by someone or the situation. With that experience, my colleagues start to learn and learn it quick. As a result, the productivity of my department was increasing five times at that time.