Listening: The Overlapping Bet
Audiție: Discuție despre proiecte de automatizare. Ascultă un dialog real între directori executivi și rezolvă exerciții de engleză pentru a înțelege riscurile asimetrice și planurile companiei.
Аудирование: Обсуждение проектов автоматизации. Прослушайте реальный диалог топ-менеджеров и выполните упражнения по английскому, чтобы понять асимметричные риски и планы компании.
The Overlapping Bet
Ryan, Head of Strategy, and Brittany, CFO, are reviewing their five-year strategic roadmap in a Seattle office late in the evening.
The Overlapping Bet
Listen and choose the right answer
What is the main concern Brittany has about the automation project?
- She thinks the budget is too small.
- She wants stronger downside protection regarding asymmetric risk.
- She believes the time horizon is too short.
When is the integration of the new platform scheduled to be finished?
- By November
- By Friday
- By Q3
What unexpected news does Ryan receive at the end of their conversation?
- The board meeting has been cancelled.
- MeridianCorp is going bankrupt.
- MeridianCorp is slated to announce their automation platform tomorrow morning.
What do Ryan and Brittany realize they must do immediately?
- Decide whether to leak their initiative tonight or scrap it.
- Call the board members in Seattle.
- Hire a new engineering team in Austin.
Listen again and complete the sentences
- Ryan: Brittany, we've got to finalize our ____ for the next five-year time horizon before the board meeting on Friday.
- Brittany: I know, Ryan, but we can't commit twenty million dollars without stronger downside protection on that ____ initiative.
- Ryan: That's true, yet this is our only ____ to outpace our rivals in Austin.
- Brittany: What worries me is whether our ____ justifies the asymmetric risk we're taking on supply chain automation.
- Ryan: We're slated to launch the pilot in Q3, and it's intended to serve as a ____ against legacy software decline.
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