Praise for Cross-border Learning

We often say that the dual-main industrial structure of peak is complementary to each other. This "complementarity" is largely due to the distinct differences between the two-one is the traditional manufacturing industry with mature technology, and the other is the scientific and technological industry with rapid technological development. A simple process and relatively extensive technical requirements, there are many links, long processes, and very precise process requirements; when it comes to the working environment, conditions, and methods, there is almost nothing in common. However, during the New Year's Day holiday in 2019 , Liu Dan, general manager of Tianjin Jianfeng Natural Products Company, took his management and technical backbone and made a special trip to Daye Jianfeng Cement Company to visit and study. As China's leading natural plant extraction enterprises, they "cross-border" to the cement plant to learn, of course, not to learn specific technology, technology, but to learn thinking, learning ideas, learning methods.

As early as 2017 , after the group company "organized a group" to visit Anhui Panjing Cement Company, Liu Dan had the idea of going to Panjing. In his view, although the industry is not related, many principles and methods of enterprise management are common, and it is easier to find out what he has not noticed before, and it is easier to stimulate sparks of thought.

Cross-border learning is learning across boundaries, including cross-industry, cross-field, etc., that is, crossing one's own boundaries, learning from the outside world and seeking multi-element cross-learning methods. Although this formulation is quite new, it has long been adopted by many companies. Compared with the traditional learning method of communication in the industry, cross-border learning has the characteristics of expanding vision, stimulating inspiration, tapping potential, and improving ability. It can help break the inherent thinking and explore innovative problem solutions. Taking the two main businesses of Jianfeng cement and medicine as an example, although they are two completely different industries, their concepts, experiences, methods and ways of thinking are not unable to form another form of complementarity. 2018 , the Group's Security Management Office organized cross-enterprise, cross-industry, and cross-regional security cross-checks, which can also be regarded as a cross-border learning. A safety manager of a pharmaceutical company once said that many of the practices of Anhui and Daye brothers are refreshing and worth learning from. Before the cross-border study of the natural products company, some people had the question of "what can be learned in the cement factory", but after a day of communication, they all felt "worthwhile the trip".

Of course, cross-border learning is not a panacea. If you want to achieve real results, you also need certain preconditions, such as the purpose of learning and the choice of participants. Generally speaking, those who participate in cross-border learning should be the middle and senior managers or business backbones of the enterprise, who have a deep understanding and rich practical experience in the work of the industry and the enterprise, so that it is easier to integrate, absorb and transform the "out-of-boundary" information, and finally find a breakthrough in their own work improvement. If it is a newcomer who is not yet skilled in the job, what is most needed is of course business training, even if "cross-border" will not have the expected effect.

Secondly, the purpose of cross-border learning is to improve, innovate and break through. No matter what kind of work has been done for a long time, people will have corresponding thinking patterns. Considering problems will be more or less limited, and when serious, it will bring trouble to the work; while cross-border learning will break the conventional "freshness", let people get rid of the inherent frame, broaden their horizons, stimulate inspiration, and come up with innovative ways to solve the problem. Of course, because of "cross-border", the effect of learning is also uncertain, but in general, to cross-border learning with a purpose and to find answers "outside the boundary" with questions is definitely better than going with the flow and watching flowers. The effect is much better.

In fact, when it comes to peak employees, cross-border learning does not mean that they have to go from cement enterprises to pharmaceutical enterprises or from pharmaceutical enterprises to cement enterprises. It is also another form of cross-border learning to learn from the experience and knowledge of other posts and departments. As far as work is concerned, if you know more about the upper and lower links, the work process will be smoother; if you have a deep understanding of the work of other positions and departments, mutual cooperation and coordination will be more convenient. From the perspective of personal development, the wider the knowledge and the broader the thinking, it also means that there will be more opportunities and choices. Therefore, while striving for excellence in our own work, we might as well let our thinking and vision cross-border, and let our knowledge structure cross-border, which is of great benefit to both enterprises and individuals.

Finally, I would like to praise Tianjin Jianfeng Natural Products Company for this cross-border study! (Hong Tao)