Listening: Probing the Metrics
Audiție: analiza metricilor financiare. Urmărești o discuție despre contribuția designului la profitabilitate, făcând un exercițiu de ascultare care te ajută să înțelegi cum se evaluează cifrele financiare și valoarea pe termen lung.
Аудирование: анализ финансовых метрик. Вы следите за обсуждением влияния дизайна на прибыльность компании, выполняя упражнение на аудирование, которое помогает понять оценку финансовых показателей и долгосрочной ценности клиентов.
Probing the Metrics
A quarterly board meeting at a London-based retail tech firm where design's financial contribution is under intense scrutiny.
Probing the Metrics
True or false?
Josh opens the discussion on item four of the board agenda.
- True
- False
Brandon immediately praises the financial numbers in the board paper.
- True
- False
Rachel invites Brandon down to the design studio to see raw testing data.
- True
- False
The board session continues for another three hours in the boardroom.
- True
- False
Josh warns Brandon to return before the debrief with the CEO.
- True
- False
Listen again and complete the sentences
- Brandon: Admittedly, your executive poise today is impressive, Rachel, but I'm still not entirely convinced by the ____ figures regarding long-term customer lifetime value.
- Rachel: Whether we hit those targets depends heavily on how well we ____ with our enterprise clients. That's why I'd like to invite you all downstairs after this meeting.
- Josh: Go ahead, Brandon. Just make sure you're back before the afternoon ____ , or she'll wonder where her non-executive director vanished to.
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