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GE’s Culture Challenge After Welch and Immelt

Harvard Business Review

In our opinion, culture is contextual, and what would have been appropriate in the 19 th century, when the company was a one-product, one-country organization, is very inappropriate in today’s far more globalized environment. (GE In the first part of this century, innovation became the priority.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.