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効率という言葉
雑談は無駄だと(2)。だが、雑談から生まれた発想が製品になった例は数え切れない。効率とは、目的が決まっているときにだけ意味を持つ言葉である。何をすべきか分からない段階(3)、遠回りに見える対話こそが力を持つ。
(4)、無駄を放置せよという話ではない。削るべき無駄と、残すべき余白を見分ける目が、管理職に求められているのだ。
- (1)
Explanation: Before: cut out all the useless. After: but in what was cut there was something important → negative → しかし.
- (2)
Explanation: “Someone blatantly said that…” → 〜てはばからない(criticism). The other options do not match the context of other people's opinions.
- (3)
Explanation: State special context/stage “when it is still unclear what to do” → 〜にあって(は).
- (4)
Explanation: The last sentence prevents misunderstanding (“it's not useless to say leave it alone”) → opens with もちろん(of course…).