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Insourcing at GE: The Real Story

Harvard Business Review

GE''s " insourcing " of appliance manufacturing to the U.S. GE''s insourcing is actually quite similar. To demonstrate their deep commitment, in December 2011 GE rolled out team leader training. I see it differently: as a "NUMMI deja vu" story. So, how did GE do it? The union president echoed the same message.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. If you’re not qualified don’t try to work around your lack of qualifications, go get the qualifications you need to compete.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011. How would it integrate into the culture of the larger organization? The first step was to hire someone to run it.