ポターさんの Set the pot to boil and then reap the fresh ideas that bubble up from all of our employees. は、Set the pot to boil と bubble up がかけられていますね。
キンケードさんの二つ目で Management is committed to such a culture. の be committed to は日本語にしにくい表現だと思います。
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
Great Lakes craves staff people who favor workplaces that stimulate their minds and encourages them to give voice to new ideas.
Companies that resist that trend in favor of obedient desk drudges are headed for trouble.
Talented workers who speak their piece are in high demand at companies that do business on an international scale.
Set the pot to boil and then reap the fresh ideas that bubble up from all of our employees.
────────────────────────────── give voice to, (意見を)表明する ────────────────────────────── If you give voice to an opinion, a need, or a desire, you express it aloud.
ex) a community radio run by the Catholic Church which gave voice to the protests of the slum-dwellers.
────────────────────────────── obedient, [形] 従順な ────────────────────────────── A person or animal who is obedient does what are told to do.
ex) He was very respectful at home and obedient to his parents.
If you describe someone as a drudge, you mean they have to work hard at a job which is not very important or interesting.
────────────────────────────── speak one's piece, 自分の意見を言う ────────────────────────────── say your piece If you say your piece, you give your opinion about a particular matter, although you are aware that other people may not agree with you, or be interested in what you have to say.
ex) Each preacher stood for two minutes on a box, said his piece, and stepped down.
────────────────────────────── reap, [動] 手に入れる、(利益などを)獲得する、収穫する ────────────────────────────── If you reap the benefits or the rewards of something, you enjoy the good things that happen as a result of it.
ex) You'll soon begin to reap the benefits of being fitter.
────────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現 ────────────────────────────── as diverse as, …ほど多様な [に] be headed for trouble, 大変なことになる、苦境に立たされる set the pot to boil, 環境を整える bubble up, 沸き立つ get the ball rolling, (物事を)順調にスタートさせる、軌道に乗せる
"NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Fostering Creativity (4) 6/11 2008"
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