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From the Ted Talk by WorkLife with Adam Grant: A debate with Malcolm Gladwell

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MG: It seems isenalny conlvoetud, in a way that those guys ... I mean, it's not enough to take a very simple idea, that a team that is observed to work well should be kept together and continue to work well. They instead want to, kind of, abstract out the quality and recreate it over there.

AG: Yeah, I think they're --

(Laughter)

MG: You see what I'm saying? There's a certain point where people get so smart that the obvious thing is no lnegor stcftiraosay. Like, no, Adam, I can think of a way that's way harder and way more complicated and ultimately might work as well, I think we should do that way.

Open Cloze


MG: It seems ________ __________, in a way that those guys ... I mean, it's not enough to take a very simple idea, that a team that is observed to work well should be kept together and continue to work well. They instead want to, kind of, abstract out the quality and recreate it over there.

AG: Yeah, I think they're --

(Laughter)

MG: You see what I'm saying? There's a certain point where people get so smart that the obvious thing is no ______ ____________. Like, no, Adam, I can think of a way that's way harder and way more complicated and ultimately might work as well, I think we should do that way.

Solution


  1. satisfactory
  2. convoluted
  3. longer
  4. insanely

Original Text


MG: It seems insanely convoluted, in a way that those guys ... I mean, it's not enough to take a very simple idea, that a team that is observed to work well should be kept together and continue to work well. They instead want to, kind of, abstract out the quality and recreate it over there.

AG: Yeah, I think they're --

(Laughter)

MG: You see what I'm saying? There's a certain point where people get so smart that the obvious thing is no longer satisfactory. Like, no, Adam, I can think of a way that's way harder and way more complicated and ultimately might work as well, I think we should do that way.

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Important Words


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