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From the Ted Talk by Fields Wicker-Miurin: Learning from leadership's missing manual

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I'm going to talk about some of my dcseiivreos around the world through my work. These are not discoveries of planets or new tooenghicels or science. They're discoveries of people and the way people are, and new leadership.

This is Benki. bneki is a leader of the asnahnkia Nation. His people live in Brazil and in Peru. Benki comes from a village so remote up in the Amazon that to get there, either you have to fly and land on water, or go by canoe for several days. I met Benki three years ago in Sao pualo when I'd brought him and other leaders from indigenous peoples to meet with me and leaders from around the world, because we wanted to learn from each other. We wanted to srahe our stories with each other.

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I'm going to talk about some of my ___________ around the world through my work. These are not discoveries of planets or new ____________ or science. They're discoveries of people and the way people are, and new leadership.

This is Benki. _____ is a leader of the _________ Nation. His people live in Brazil and in Peru. Benki comes from a village so remote up in the Amazon that to get there, either you have to fly and land on water, or go by canoe for several days. I met Benki three years ago in Sao _____ when I'd brought him and other leaders from indigenous peoples to meet with me and leaders from around the world, because we wanted to learn from each other. We wanted to _____ our stories with each other.

Solution


  1. technologies
  2. discoveries
  3. ashaninka
  4. share
  5. benki
  6. paulo

Original Text


I'm going to talk about some of my discoveries around the world through my work. These are not discoveries of planets or new technologies or science. They're discoveries of people and the way people are, and new leadership.

This is Benki. Benki is a leader of the Ashaninka Nation. His people live in Brazil and in Peru. Benki comes from a village so remote up in the Amazon that to get there, either you have to fly and land on water, or go by canoe for several days. I met Benki three years ago in Sao Paulo when I'd brought him and other leaders from indigenous peoples to meet with me and leaders from around the world, because we wanted to learn from each other. We wanted to share our stories with each other.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. amazon
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