but if we have a common purpose, if we have a common set of values, if we have a common objective - everything else is diversity that we leverage. every other difference is power. when we brought... it is power in our company that we can share the best practices of our team here in china with best practices of our team in california. it was power when we brought the differences of compaq and hp together. example: the tradition of hp was very process intensive. we understood process very well. that is good because we build big complicated systems. and process is important for quality.
but on the other hand, sometimes, hp in its past, had processed forever and never acted. on the other hand, compaq was a company that moved with a lot of speed. it was very decisive. sometimes it had to make the same decision over and over because it had not fully thought it through. the power in that diversity, once we were united by a common purpose, to become the leading technology company in the world, the power in that diversity was to marry "thorough process" with "fast and decisive."
that was a winning combination. and that combination of fast and thorough is how we accomplished our merger of great size and complexity is record time. you have the same opportunity in your exchange program. find what is common, you are brought together by a common purpose. you are brought together by a commo