When 10 IBM management trainees piled into a minibus in the Philippines for a weekend tour last October, the last thing they expected was to wind up local heroes. Yet that's what happened in the tiny village of Carmen. After passing a water well project, they learned the effort had stalled because of engineering mistakesrnand a lack of money. The IBMers decided to do something about it. They organized a meeting of the key people involved in the project and volunteered to pay $250 out of their own pockets for additional building materials. Two weeks later the well was completed. Locals would no longer have to walk four miles for drinkable water. And the trainees learned a lesson in collaborative problem-solving. "You motivate people to take the extra step, you create a shared vision, you divide the labor, and the impact can be big," says Erwin van Overbeek, 40, who runs environmental sustainability projects for IBM clients.
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机译：去年10月，当10名IBM管理培训生在菲律宾的一辆小巴里堆成一个周末巡回演出时，他们所期望的最后一件事就是结束当地的英雄们。但这就是在卡门小村庄发生的事情。通过水井项目后，他们得知工程失败是由于工程失误和缺乏资金。 IBM员工决定对此采取措施。他们组织了一个参与该项目的关键人员会议，并自愿自掏腰包支付250美元用于购买其他建筑材料。两周后，该井完工了。当地人不再需要走四英里才能喝到饮用水。学员们学习了协作解决问题的课程。 40岁的Erwin van Overbeek说：“您激励人们采取额外的步骤，建立共同的愿景，分工，并且影响可能很大。”他为IBM客户开展环境可持续性项目。
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