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From the Ted Talk by WorkLife with Adam Grant: The creative power of misfits
Unscramble the Blue Letters
SG: I said, "I don't know if you know this, but I am trans, and I have transitioned at Bonobos, and I've been here for a while. And you have no idea what this type of representation means to someone like me."
mikcy Onvural: When I first got Sam's eiaml, I was, to be honest, completely ohvreewlemd. I think I probably shed a tear or two. I'm Micky Onvural, I am the CEO of bbonoos. For me, it was very touching that someone felt comfortable enough to be able to tell me that personal story.
AG: Think about how rare that is, for a junior employee to feel comfortable eiinmalg someone that high up. I almost never see it, even though I spend a lot of time encouraging senior leaders to be open. At Bonobos, Micky wasn't just receptive to new ideas from below, she actively encouraged them.
Open Cloze
SG: I said, "I don't know if you know this, but I am trans, and I have transitioned at Bonobos, and I've been here for a while. And you have no idea what this type of representation means to someone like me."
_____ Onvural: When I first got Sam's _____, I was, to be honest, completely ___________. I think I probably shed a tear or two. I'm Micky Onvural, I am the CEO of _______. For me, it was very touching that someone felt comfortable enough to be able to tell me that personal story.
AG: Think about how rare that is, for a junior employee to feel comfortable ________ someone that high up. I almost never see it, even though I spend a lot of time encouraging senior leaders to be open. At Bonobos, Micky wasn't just receptive to new ideas from below, she actively encouraged them.
Solution
- bonobos
- overwhelmed
- email
- emailing
- micky
Original Text
SG: I said, "I don't know if you know this, but I am trans, and I have transitioned at Bonobos, and I've been here for a while. And you have no idea what this type of representation means to someone like me."
Micky Onvural: When I first got Sam's email, I was, to be honest, completely overwhelmed. I think I probably shed a tear or two. I'm Micky Onvural, I am the CEO of Bonobos. For me, it was very touching that someone felt comfortable enough to be able to tell me that personal story.
AG: Think about how rare that is, for a junior employee to feel comfortable emailing someone that high up. I almost never see it, even though I spend a lot of time encouraging senior leaders to be open. At Bonobos, Micky wasn't just receptive to new ideas from below, she actively encouraged them.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
| collocation |
frequency |
| black sheep |
12 |
| john walker |
6 |
| brad bird |
5 |
| billion dollars |
3 |
| nicole paradis |
3 |
| steve jobs |
3 |
| cg animation |
3 |
| gender identity |
3 |
| swim upstream |
3 |
| animated movie |
2 |
| big project |
2 |
| research shows |
2 |
| company called |
2 |
| big theater |
2 |
| animated film |
2 |
| producer john |
2 |
| disgruntled people |
2 |
| pirate ship |
2 |
| technical people |
2 |
| senior leaders |
2 |
| chris mosier |
2 |
| trans men |
2 |
| promo code |
2 |
| code ted |
2 |
| common enemy |
2 |
| pixar producer |
2 |
| american history |
2 |
| junior people |
2 |
| rapid innovation |
2 |
| adam grant |
2 |
ngrams of length 3
| collocation |
frequency |
| producer john walker |
2 |
| promo code ted |
2 |
Important Words
- actively
- bonobos
- ceo
- comfortable
- completely
- email
- emailing
- employee
- encouraged
- encouraging
- feel
- felt
- high
- honest
- idea
- ideas
- junior
- leaders
- lot
- means
- micky
- onvural
- open
- overwhelmed
- personal
- rare
- receptive
- representation
- senior
- shed
- spend
- story
- tear
- time
- touching
- trans
- transitioned
- type