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“In Search of Excellence” Revisited

Leading Blog

I IN 1982, Tom Peters and Bob Waterman released In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies. When the book project started in 1978, the U.S. Yet, Peters and Waterman pointed out that there were bright spots in the economy. It became required reading in business school classes. Feel familiar? Perhaps not.

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How GE Applies Lean Startup Practices

Harvard Business Review

There is a lot at stake here for GE’s operations strategy. They’re now working on version 8, which they will produce in October, and version 10, with better lighting, and there is a design projected for 2015. Todd Waterman, GE’s corporate Lean leader, is leveraging GE Appliance’s insights with other GE units.

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