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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business Review

He radically transformed the company from a classic conglomerate that did everything to one that focused on its core industrial businesses. Andreessen’s article helped accelerate the company’s digital transformation. In response to Ries’s book , GE adopted lean methods and built its Fastworks program around them.

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