Working From Home
20
0
0
0
Let's sort out your problem!
Hi, I’m Melinda, your helpdesk person. You will find quick answers here. If not, you can contact me and I will respond within 24 hours.
Technical problem
Can't watch or hear it, problem with the website, etc.
Problem with quiz content
Found a mistake, bad timing, etc.
How to use video quizzes
Assign quizzes as homework, embed in blog, etc.
Say thanks!
The author
Similar Resources
Video quiz details
Task Description
We're going to watch the video about distributed workforce. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks.
Video details
Scene summary
As the popularity of remote working continues to spread, workers today can collaborate across cities, countries and even multiple time zones. How does this change office dynamics? And how can we make sure that all employees, both at headquarters and at home, feel connected? Matt Mullenweg, cofounder of Wordpress and CEO of Automattic (which has a 100 percent distributed workforce), shares his secrets.
Video source
Working From HomeVideo length
4 minutes 39 seconds
Video genre
Tutorials, how-to & educational videos
Language goals
Other pedagogical goals
Level
The above lesson is a great teaching resource for:Upper-intermediate (B2)
Student type
This resource is intended for:Adults
Quality check
Quality not yet verified by the community.
Sensitivity
This resource does not contain any images, words or ideas that would upset a reasonable person in any culture.
Copyright license
This resource is licensed by Olga1993ananich under the iSLCollective Copyright License.
Upload date
24/03/2021
Video quiz questions (printable)
1. Fill the gap.
Some of them choose not even to have a home base, they're
2. Fill the gap.
Whether they are inor traveling through Airbnbs
3. Unmix the sentence.
Our
focus
on
distributed
work
wasn't
something
that
happened
accidentally
4. Fill the gap.
It was achoice from the very beginning.
5. Fill the gap.
You probably noticed I don't use the word "remote," because itthat some people are essential and some aren't.
6. Fill the gap.
I think ais the most effective way to build a company.
7. Fill the gap.
The key is you have toit consciously.
8. Fill the gap.
When we started WordPress, many of the first 20were people I'd never met in person.
9. Fill the gap.
In Silicon Valley, the big tech companiesessentially the same small pond or bay.
10. Fill the gap.
By making a company distributed we canfrom the entire ocean.
11. Fill the gap.
At the base of the decision to go distributed, there's a desire to give peopleover how they do their work.
12. Fill the gap.
You can save the time you'd spend commuting anditthings that are important to you.
13. Fill the gap.
But if people work remotely and some members of the team are having those conversations they don't
14. Fill the gap.
Alwayswhere you were and what you were thinking about.
15. Fill the gap.
This allows others towhere you
16. Fill the gap.
When everything's shared and public, it allows new people toquickly.
17. Fill the gap.
Once a year wewhere the entire company comes together for a week.
18. Fill the gap.
We want to make sure everyone's aligned andand they have a deeper connection with their colleagues.
19. Fill the gap.
Every person at Automattic has athat they can put towards a co-working space or just to buy coffee,
20. Fill the gap.
One group in Seattle decided toand rented a workspace on a fishing pier.
21. Fill the gap.
The companies will evolve to be distributed first, or they'll beby those that are.
22. Fill the gap.
… consider how you canglobal talent,
Post a comment
Comments
Be the first commenter!