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Corporate Universities Should Reflect a Company’s Ideals

Harvard Business Review

Some of GE’s best-known initiatives — WorkOut; CAP; Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma; Leadership, Innovation, and Growth ; and, more recently, Simplification — took shape at Crotonville. Education General Electric Human resources Leadership development'

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GE’s Culture Challenge After Welch and Immelt

Harvard Business Review

Accordingly, Jack Welch’s drive to Six Sigma involved an intense focus on controlling costs, quality, and execution on both the infrastructure and behavioral sides (e.g., In the first part of this century, innovation became the priority. The context demanded operational excellence. In fact, we defined growth as a process.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. A design studio is geared for collaboration and innovation work with customers and partners. The first step was to hire someone to run it.