Listening: Dinner at the Clarendon
Audiție: Discuție despre reprezentarea designului. Asculți o conversație despre provocările din board și rezolvi exerciții de ascultare care testează înțelegerea detaliilor strategice și comerciale.
Аудирование: Беседа о представленности дизайна. Вы слушаете диалог о проблемах в совете директоров и выполняете задания на аудирование, проверяющие понимание стратегических и коммерческих деталей.
Dinner at the Clarendon
Sean and Lauren discuss design representation over dinner in Seattle.
Dinner at the Clarendon
Listen and choose the right answer
What is Lauren's main frustration regarding the current board?
- The meetings are held too late in the evening
- None of the non-executive directors have digital product experience
- The company is losing money on software development
What does Sean advise Lauren to focus on in her paper?
- Commercial literacy and fiduciary duty
- Color theory and typography standards
- Team building and remote work policies
What data has Lauren included in her paper to support her claims?
- Employee satisfaction scores
- Annual report metrics and churn reduction data
- Competitor pricing strategies in Europe
What surprising condition does Sean set for sponsoring Lauren's paper?
- She must present it in London instead of Seattle
- She has to include three more financial tables
- She must drop the word 'design' from the title
Listen again and complete the sentences
- Lauren: I'm just tired of reviewing our ____ and realizing that nobody on the non-executive director roster has ever shipped a digital product.
- Sean: What worries me is whether design has a voice that resonates beyond aesthetics when we discuss ____ .
- Lauren: How can I command the room when my ____ is limited to a ten-minute slot in a bulky board pack?
- Sean: You need to ____ that speaks their language, focusing on commercial literacy and fiduciary duty rather than pixels.
- Sean: Let me see it before you submit it to the ____ . I might be able to help you brief the chair beforehand.
Sources: photo by August de Richelieu on Pexels
Despre această lecție
Acest curs de engleză avansată este creat special pentru directori de design, VPs și fondatori de studio din Chișinău care lucrează global. Veți stăpâni vocabularul corporativ de nivel C1-C2 și structurile gramaticale complexe necesare pentru a discuta de la egal la egal cu membrii board-ului.
Об этом уроке
Этот продвинутый курс английского языка создан специально для дизайн-директоров, вице-президентов и основателей студий из Кишинева, работающих на глобальном рынке. Вы освоите корпоративную лексику уровня C1-C2 и сложные грамматические структуры, необходимые для общения на равных с членами совета директоров.