An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

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The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think...

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think...

Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into...

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into...

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a...

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a...

Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a...

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

The team with the best players wins.

The team with the best players wins.

We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies...

We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

Be candid with everyone.

Be candid with everyone.

It's [the internet] like the flu - it just spreads like crazy.

It's [the internet] like the flu - it just spreads like crazy.

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global...

The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global...

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to...

We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to...

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment...

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment...