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From the Ted Talk by Halla Tómasdóttir and Bryn Freedman: The crisis of leadership -- and a new way forward

Unscramble the Blue Letters


BF: We're going to do an entire Salon just on that question.

(Laughter)

HT: I think Bryn said it well, but let me try and tocuh on it. So the way I see gender, it is a spectrum — you know, men also have gneedr. We sometimes forget about that.

(Laughter)

We sometimes forget about that. And I actually palyed a very masculine woman early in my career, because those were the rules of the game. And I achieved some success with it, but fortunately, I got to a place where I started embracing my feminine side as well. But I would still say that the best leaders earmbce both, both wemon and men. But I see gender, also, as one of the most powerful levers to shfit values in culture. So the reason I'm so passionate about women in leadership and believe that balance is needed is because right now, our definition of success is incredibly masculine. It's about financial pifrot alone or economic growth alone, and we all know that we need more than money. I mean, we need wellness: well-being of people, and there is no future beyond the well-being of our planet. So I think gender may very well be one of the most powerful levers to help all of us shift our economic and social systems to be more wielnomcg.

Open Cloze


BF: We're going to do an entire Salon just on that question.

(Laughter)

HT: I think Bryn said it well, but let me try and _____ on it. So the way I see gender, it is a spectrum — you know, men also have ______. We sometimes forget about that.

(Laughter)

We sometimes forget about that. And I actually ______ a very masculine woman early in my career, because those were the rules of the game. And I achieved some success with it, but fortunately, I got to a place where I started embracing my feminine side as well. But I would still say that the best leaders _______ both, both _____ and men. But I see gender, also, as one of the most powerful levers to _____ values in culture. So the reason I'm so passionate about women in leadership and believe that balance is needed is because right now, our definition of success is incredibly masculine. It's about financial ______ alone or economic growth alone, and we all know that we need more than money. I mean, we need wellness: well-being of people, and there is no future beyond the well-being of our planet. So I think gender may very well be one of the most powerful levers to help all of us shift our economic and social systems to be more _________.

Solution


  1. touch
  2. embrace
  3. profit
  4. gender
  5. welcoming
  6. played
  7. shift
  8. women

Original Text


BF: We're going to do an entire Salon just on that question.

(Laughter)

HT: I think Bryn said it well, but let me try and touch on it. So the way I see gender, it is a spectrum — you know, men also have gender. We sometimes forget about that.

(Laughter)

We sometimes forget about that. And I actually played a very masculine woman early in my career, because those were the rules of the game. And I achieved some success with it, but fortunately, I got to a place where I started embracing my feminine side as well. But I would still say that the best leaders embrace both, both women and men. But I see gender, also, as one of the most powerful levers to shift values in culture. So the reason I'm so passionate about women in leadership and believe that balance is needed is because right now, our definition of success is incredibly masculine. It's about financial profit alone or economic growth alone, and we all know that we need more than money. I mean, we need wellness: well-being of people, and there is no future beyond the well-being of our planet. So I think gender may very well be one of the most powerful levers to help all of us shift our economic and social systems to be more welcoming.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  30. people
  31. place
  32. planet
  33. played
  34. powerful
  35. profit
  36. question
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  39. salon
  40. shift
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  42. social
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  44. started
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  46. systems
  47. touch
  48. values
  49. welcoming
  50. woman
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