Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

“He basically argued that advantages in rapid product launch cycles and superior materials technology would ensure that it had a competitive advantage, even in light of the clearly daunting challenge in an industry new to the firm.” ” Step 3: Define operational requirements.

Planning 9

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

You’re probably familiar with the “minimum viable product” of Eric Ries’ Lean Start-Up fame; but here I’m talking about the acronymically identical “minimum viable pilot.” The technology held appeal for network engineering departments at both telecom providers and digital service providers.

KPI 9

KPI Innovation Ries Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

” Nadella challenged the company to see beyond its legacy products like Windows, invested heavily in new technologies like AI and SaaS, purchased LinkedIn to plug Microsoft services into the company’s social graph, and more. . “If you don’t jump on the new,” he proclaimed, “you don’t survive.”

CEO 8

CEO Consensus Management Metrics 8