F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)

Vocabulary

perks – the special benefits for special people
e.g. If you’re in senior management, you enjoy a lot of perks.

sustainable practices / sustainability – reducing waste, saving the environment

G20 – the 20 most powerful, richest countries in the world
G8 – are the most powerful countries in the world
G7 – after they kicked out Russia

United Nations Security Council 

“smart office” – our office is an open conceptworkspace

you can go back to the home base [home office] – [you can work remote] – [work from home]

the movement – a big set of ideas that are growing in popularity
e.g. the women’s rights movement, the LGBT movement, workers movements

“too many cooks in the kitchen”

inclusion / diversity / diversity training / diversity & inclusion 

implicit bias – you are biased and you aren’t aware of it

“white savior”
savior = person that saves the world

Grammar

for global to the local / globally and locally
if they are no cuts globally
from a global perspective
our company is based globally

the do the both things

to the field / in the field / out in the field