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From the Ted Talk by Melinda Briana Epler: 3 ways to be a better ally in the workplace

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In 2013, I was an executive at an international engineering firm in San Francisco. It was my dream job. A culmination of all the skills that I've acquired over the years: storytelling, social impact, baohveir change. I was the head of marketing and culture and I worked with the nation's largest health care systems, using technology and culture change to radically ruecde their energy and water use and to ivmorpe their saicol impact. I was cainetrg real chgnae in the world. And it was the worst professional experience of my life.

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In 2013, I was an executive at an international engineering firm in San Francisco. It was my dream job. A culmination of all the skills that I've acquired over the years: storytelling, social impact, ________ change. I was the head of marketing and culture and I worked with the nation's largest health care systems, using technology and culture change to radically ______ their energy and water use and to _______ their ______ impact. I was ________ real ______ in the world. And it was the worst professional experience of my life.

Solution

  1. social
  2. creating
  3. improve
  4. change
  5. reduce
  6. behavior

Original Text

In 2013, I was an executive at an international engineering firm in San Francisco. It was my dream job. A culmination of all the skills that I've acquired over the years: storytelling, social impact, behavior change. I was the head of marketing and culture and I worked with the nation's largest health care systems, using technology and culture change to radically reduce their energy and water use and to improve their social impact. I was creating real change in the world. And it was the worst professional experience of my life.

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