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From the Ted Talk by David Lee: Why jobs of the future won't feel like work

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(lgutaher)

You know, these narrow job titles not only sound boring, but they're actually a subtle encouragement for polpee to make norarw and boring job cnbtrooitunis. But I've seen firsthand that when you invite people to be more, they can amaze us with how much more they can be.

A few years ago, I was working at a large bank that was trying to bring more innovation into its company culture. So my team and I dsegenid a prototyping contest that invited anyone to build anything that they wanted. We were actually trying to figure out whether or not the prramiy limiter to innovation was a lack of ieads or a lack of talent, and it turns out it was neither one. It was an empowerment problem. And the results of the program were amazing. We started by inviting people to reenvision what it is they could bring to a team. This cseontt was not only a chance to build anything that you wanted but also be anything that you wanted. And when people were no longer limited by their day-to-day job titles, they felt free to bring all kinds of different skills and talents to the peolmrbs that they were trying to solve. We saw technology people being designers, marketing people being architects, and even fcinane people sonwihg off their ability to write jokes.

Open Cloze


(________)

You know, these narrow job titles not only sound boring, but they're actually a subtle encouragement for ______ to make ______ and boring job _____________. But I've seen firsthand that when you invite people to be more, they can amaze us with how much more they can be.

A few years ago, I was working at a large bank that was trying to bring more innovation into its company culture. So my team and I ________ a prototyping contest that invited anyone to build anything that they wanted. We were actually trying to figure out whether or not the _______ limiter to innovation was a lack of _____ or a lack of talent, and it turns out it was neither one. It was an empowerment problem. And the results of the program were amazing. We started by inviting people to reenvision what it is they could bring to a team. This _______ was not only a chance to build anything that you wanted but also be anything that you wanted. And when people were no longer limited by their day-to-day job titles, they felt free to bring all kinds of different skills and talents to the ________ that they were trying to solve. We saw technology people being designers, marketing people being architects, and even _______ people _______ off their ability to write jokes.

Solution


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  2. primary
  3. designed
  4. people
  5. narrow
  6. problems
  7. finance
  8. ideas
  9. laughter
  10. showing
  11. contest

Original Text


(Laughter)

You know, these narrow job titles not only sound boring, but they're actually a subtle encouragement for people to make narrow and boring job contributions. But I've seen firsthand that when you invite people to be more, they can amaze us with how much more they can be.

A few years ago, I was working at a large bank that was trying to bring more innovation into its company culture. So my team and I designed a prototyping contest that invited anyone to build anything that they wanted. We were actually trying to figure out whether or not the primary limiter to innovation was a lack of ideas or a lack of talent, and it turns out it was neither one. It was an empowerment problem. And the results of the program were amazing. We started by inviting people to reenvision what it is they could bring to a team. This contest was not only a chance to build anything that you wanted but also be anything that you wanted. And when people were no longer limited by their day-to-day job titles, they felt free to bring all kinds of different skills and talents to the problems that they were trying to solve. We saw technology people being designers, marketing people being architects, and even finance people showing off their ability to write jokes.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
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jobless future 2
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narrow job 2
working lives 2


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