If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.

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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...

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...

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...

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

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...

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...

Be candid with everyone.

Be candid with everyone.

Change before you have to.

Change before you have to.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings...

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings...

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.

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

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

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

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

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell...

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell...

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

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...