Business Partner C1 Unit C1 revision | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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You must open a dull compliance briefing by departing from convention. What do you say first? departing from convention, unusual question, attention

Let me begin with an unusual question: what would happen if nobody here followed this rule tomorrow?

Combine by changing the verb into a noun: The investors discussed the risk/reward for an hour / it was very useful. risk/reward, discussion, investors

The investors discussed the risk/reward for an hour, and the discussion was very useful.

Your team blames customers for falling sales. Challenge that assumption in one line. challenging assumptions, customers, culture

The problem is not the customer. The problem is our culture, and that is something we can change.

Combine using a determiner to avoid repetition: The business model is scalable / the content is scalable. both, scalable, business model

Both the business model and the content are scalable.

Your talk to managers has become a monologue after ten minutes. How do you get the audience to talk to one another? discuss, neighbour, two minutes

Can you discuss this question with your neighbour for two minutes? Then I'd like to hear your ideas.

Klein says "have an organisation that's very hierarchical" kills ideas. Which organisation does he mean? a / the

Any organisation: "an" is non-specific, while "the organisation" would point to one we both know.

In "a project much bigger than their usual ones", what does "ones" refer to? take on a project, web developers, scalable

Projects. The writer avoids repeating the noun, which makes the sentence sound more natural.

Some people say companies should lower hiring standards to get more women into high-tech jobs. Do you agree or disagree? high-tech, glass ceiling, overcome

I disagree: lower standards insult talented women. Companies should overcome bias and break the glass ceiling instead.

Haiyan Zhang says she had to "over-geek" to get into technology. Is that fair, or should companies change instead? get into, face, tackle

Passion helps, but women shouldn't face extra barriers. Companies must also tackle the culture, not expect women to adapt.

Women stay out of tech mainly because of a lack of role models, not a lack of talent. Do you agree or disagree? barrier to entry, innovator, high-tech

I agree: without visible female innovators, the barrier to entry in high-tech feels higher than it really is.

Innovation is risky, but an innovation can change an industry. What is the difference between the two nouns? no article / a

Without an article, innovation is the general, uncountable concept; "an innovation" is one specific example.

Girls are naturally less interested in coding and gadgets than boys. Do you agree or disagree? code, gadget, tinker with

I disagree: interest is learned. Girls who tinker with gadgets or learn to code need the same encouragement as boys.

The team lead challenged his team to tackle a problem. Which team, and which problem? the / a

His own team, which both speakers know, so "the"; "a problem" is new, unspecified information.

Investors back the best ideas, not the loudest ones. Which ideas are "the best"? the + superlative

The single top-rated ones out of all the ideas; "the" with a superlative marks a unique group.

Staff are anxious about a restructuring. How do you end your talk with optimism and confidence? optimism, little doubt, succeed

There's little doubt in my mind that we will succeed, because we are doing this together.

Combine into one cohesive sentence with a linker of contrast: Our rival hooks users with a free trial / we rely on our track record. whereas, hook somebody, track record

Our rival hooks users with a free trial, whereas we rely on our track record.

Combine using a linker of cause plus a noun phrase: Testers rejected the prototype / its UX was confusing. due to, prototype, UX

Testers rejected the prototype due to its confusing UX.

Investors want to delay your app launch until next year. How do you create a sense of urgency? urgency, act quickly, competitors

If we don't act quickly, a competitor will launch first and we won't have any customers left.

Priya works as an innovator at a start-up. Does that mean she is the only innovator there? a / the

No: "an" with jobs only classifies her profession; "the innovator" would mean one particular person.

Haiyan advises women to speak up in meetings even when they are unsure. Do you agree that this is realistic advice? insight, unorthodox, come up with

Yes, because an unorthodox insight is lost if nobody hears it. Women who come up with ideas should voice them.

Combine using a linker of purpose: The researchers made a short video / they wanted to showcase their concept. in order to, researcher, showcase a concept

The researchers made a short video in order to showcase their concept.