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From the Ted Talk by Haley Van Dyck: How a start-up in the White House is changing business as usual

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Now, this team -- our playbook for the United States Digital Service is pretty ______. The first play is we recruit the very best talent our country has to offer, and recruit them for _____ tours of duty inside government. These are the very people who have helped build the ________ and companies that have made our tech sector amongst the most innovative in the world. Second, we pair these incredible people from the tech core with the dedicated civil servants already inside government on the ground creating change. Third, we strategically deploy them in a ________ formation at the most mission-critical, life-changing, important services that __________ offers. And finally, we give them _______ air cover, from the leadership inside the agencies all the way up to the President himself, to _________ these ________ for the better.

Solution

  1. targeted
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  3. government
  4. transform
  5. short
  6. massive
  7. simple
  8. products

Original Text

Now, this team -- our playbook for the United States Digital Service is pretty simple. The first play is we recruit the very best talent our country has to offer, and recruit them for short tours of duty inside government. These are the very people who have helped build the products and companies that have made our tech sector amongst the most innovative in the world. Second, we pair these incredible people from the tech core with the dedicated civil servants already inside government on the ground creating change. Third, we strategically deploy them in a targeted formation at the most mission-critical, life-changing, important services that government offers. And finally, we give them massive air cover, from the leadership inside the agencies all the way up to the President himself, to transform these services for the better.

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