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From the Ted Talk by Ricardo Semler: How to run a company with (almost) no rules
Unscramble the Blue Letters
As this ifoaoirmtnn started coming to people, we said things like, we don't want to see your enpesxe report, we don't want to know how many hdayolis you're taking, we don't want to know where you work. We had, at one point, 14 different offices around town, and we'd say, go to the one that's closest to your house, to the csemuotr that you're going to visit today. Don't tell us where you are. And more, even when we had thousands of people, 5,000 people, we had two people in the H.R. department, and thankfully one of them has retired. (Laughter)
Open Cloze
As this ___________ started coming to people, we said things like, we don't want to see your _______ report, we don't want to know how many ________ you're taking, we don't want to know where you work. We had, at one point, 14 different offices around town, and we'd say, go to the one that's closest to your house, to the ________ that you're going to visit today. Don't tell us where you are. And more, even when we had thousands of people, 5,000 people, we had two people in the H.R. department, and thankfully one of them has retired. (Laughter)
Solution
- expense
- customer
- information
- holidays
Original Text
As this information started coming to people, we said things like, we don't want to see your expense report, we don't want to know how many holidays you're taking, we don't want to know where you work. We had, at one point, 14 different offices around town, and we'd say, go to the one that's closest to your house, to the customer that you're going to visit today. Don't tell us where you are. And more, even when we had thousands of people, 5,000 people, we had two people in the H.R. department, and thankfully one of them has retired. (Laughter)
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Important Words
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- thankfully
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