TSMC Mi Yujie talks about talent characteristics: shouldering responsibilities, making decisions, and solving problems

TSMC Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer Mi Yujie (left) today (15th), in his capacity as "Mi University President", communicated with younger students from National Taiwan University.

On the 15th, TSMC (2330) Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer Mi Yujie communicated with students from National Taiwan University as the "Mi University President". Talking about the talent traits that TSMC values, Mi Yujie said that the most important thing is to be able to "take responsibility, make decisions, and solve problems." He encouraged young students to have the courage to take responsibility and make decisions; if they further become managers, they must also be fair in order to build trust in the team.

Mi Yujie attended the "Across Generations Questions and Answers in the AI ​​Era" forum today. Many students from National Taiwan University asked what kind of soft power or talent traits TSMC values. Mi Yujie said that the first thing is to be "willing to shoulder responsibilities" and to be willing to shoulder more responsibilities. Every company, organization and organization have some gray areas. Don't limit yourself prematurely.

The second is "Be able to make decisions and dare to make decisions." Mi Yujie said that not making a decision is sometimes a very bad choice. Although there is no guarantee that every decision is right, "but there cannot be more wrong than right." As for how to improve the accuracy of decision-making? He believes that you need to be diligent, diligent, and get to the bottom of things. "If you see deeper and farther than others, the decisions you make will naturally be stronger."

Mi Yujie believes that after you have these abilities, if you want to become a manager, you must be fair and make the team feel that you are fair, so that everyone will be willing to follow suit and communicate well.

Mi Yujie also said that taking the development of a new process by TSMC as an example, it requires mobilizing five to six thousand people across departments to cooperate. How to see the strengths of others and communicate and mobilize is also a very important soft power.

As for how TSMC predicts industry demand in the next three to five years, Mi Yujie said that first of all, we must study hard, be prepared, and have the spirit of getting to the bottom of things and pursuing details, and not let go of details easily. He pointed out that TSMC has a strong staff team that will conduct in-depth analysis of the industry, customers and customers' customers, and will also visit customers' customers, and then comprehensively integrate various information for production and manufacturing planning. In the end, the president and the team will meet to evaluate and make decisions.

Mi Yujie said frankly that the decisions made by companies may not always be correct. "If we are very accurate about these needs, we will also be very accurate when we look at stocks, so it is impossible." He emphasized that TSMC has a strong executive team. "Don't be afraid of making decisions. Failure to make decisions will be more problematic." After making a decision, continue to observe changes and make adjustments.