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From the Ted Talk by Patty McCord: 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for

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HR jargon makes me crazy. We have to have all these stupid arncoyms that describe things that nobody understands: OKRs and PIPs. I think we can run our businesses by just talking to each other like regular human beings. We might actually get more done.

[The Way We Work]

I really always wanted to be an HR psersiafoonl, I wanted to be able to spaek the language of meaaenngmt. And you know what I've lereand after all this time? I don't think any of it matters. There's all kinds of things that we call "best practices" that aren't best practices at all. How do we know it's best? We don't measure this stuff. In fact, I've learned that "best practices" usually means copying what everybody else does. Our world is changing and eilvvong all the time. Here are some lessons to help you adapt.

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HR jargon makes me crazy. We have to have all these stupid ________ that describe things that nobody understands: OKRs and PIPs. I think we can run our businesses by just talking to each other like regular human beings. We might actually get more done.

[The Way We Work]

I really always wanted to be an HR ____________, I wanted to be able to _____ the language of __________. And you know what I've _______ after all this time? I don't think any of it matters. There's all kinds of things that we call "best practices" that aren't best practices at all. How do we know it's best? We don't measure this stuff. In fact, I've learned that "best practices" usually means copying what everybody else does. Our world is changing and ________ all the time. Here are some lessons to help you adapt.

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  1. speak
  2. management
  3. acronyms
  4. professional
  5. learned
  6. evolving

Original Text


HR jargon makes me crazy. We have to have all these stupid acronyms that describe things that nobody understands: OKRs and PIPs. I think we can run our businesses by just talking to each other like regular human beings. We might actually get more done.

[The Way We Work]

I really always wanted to be an HR professional, I wanted to be able to speak the language of management. And you know what I've learned after all this time? I don't think any of it matters. There's all kinds of things that we call "best practices" that aren't best practices at all. How do we know it's best? We don't measure this stuff. In fact, I've learned that "best practices" usually means copying what everybody else does. Our world is changing and evolving all the time. Here are some lessons to help you adapt.

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