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From the Ted Talk by Kim Scott: How to lead with radical candor

Unscramble the Blue Letters


How can you all say what you mean without being mean? I started thinking about this back in 1999. I had started a software company, and I came into the office one day, and about half the people in the coampny had sent me the same article about how everyone would rather have a boss who is really mean but competent, a total jerk, but competent, than one who is really nice but iomnntepcet. And I thought, "Gosh, are they sending me this because they think I'm a jerk or because they think I'm incompetent?"

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And surely, those are not my only two choices.

Now, I went to bsnsiues school and there, I learned exactly nothing about management.

Open Cloze


How can you all say what you mean without being mean? I started thinking about this back in 1999. I had started a software company, and I came into the office one day, and about half the people in the _______ had sent me the same article about how everyone would rather have a boss who is really mean but competent, a total jerk, but competent, than one who is really nice but ___________. And I thought, "Gosh, are they sending me this because they think I'm a jerk or because they think I'm incompetent?"

(________)

And surely, those are not my only two choices.

Now, I went to ________ school and there, I learned exactly nothing about management.

Solution


  1. business
  2. incompetent
  3. laughter
  4. company

Original Text


How can you all say what you mean without being mean? I started thinking about this back in 1999. I had started a software company, and I came into the office one day, and about half the people in the company had sent me the same article about how everyone would rather have a boss who is really mean but competent, a total jerk, but competent, than one who is really nice but incompetent. And I thought, "Gosh, are they sending me this because they think I'm a jerk or because they think I'm incompetent?"

(Laughter)

And surely, those are not my only two choices.

Now, I went to business school and there, I learned exactly nothing about management.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
radical candor 8
obnoxious aggression 4
ruinous empathy 4
care personally 3
manipulative insincerity 3
started thinking 2
hurts people 2
vast majority 2
common ground 2
solicit feedback 2


Important Words


  1. article
  2. boss
  3. business
  4. choices
  5. company
  6. competent
  7. day
  8. incompetent
  9. jerk
  10. laughter
  11. learned
  12. management
  13. nice
  14. office
  15. people
  16. school
  17. sending
  18. software
  19. started
  20. surely
  21. thinking
  22. thought
  23. total