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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
- social
- creating
- improve
- change
- reduce
- 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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