burning platform

基本解釋

Y et the power of a "burning platform" is not confined to companies on the brink of collapse.
然而，“燃燒平臺”的力量并不局限于處于破產(chǎn)邊緣的公司。
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Other bosses often need to face a crisis—a “burning platform”, in the memorable phrase of Stephen Elop, Nokia’s boss—before they make changes.
其他公司的總裁們經(jīng)常在來不及做出改變之前，就需要面對一場危機(jī)，令人印象深刻的是，諾基亞總裁斯蒂芬埃洛普形容這種危急情況為“燃燒的平臺”。
But the largest faller in value terms was Nokia, whose chief executive, Stephen Elop, this year told staff the company was like a man on a "burning platform".
但是品牌縮水最大的是諾基亞，他們的首席執(zhí)行官易羅普本年對公司的全體員工說公司就像是一個“坐在火燒平臺”上的人一樣。
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Executives should only welcome technologies that are IT friendly, intent-driven and provide enterprises with the capabilities to address their burning platform issues.
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After a rocky year or two, this is a good sign, and hopefully Nokia has turned a corner and navigating away from the choppy seas and their burning platform.
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