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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. Yet, Peters and Waterman pointed out that there were bright spots in the economy. Buried within the text, Peters and Waterman offer the bottom line of how to identify excellence in companies. Feel familiar?

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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. Todd Waterman, GE’s corporate Lean leader, is leveraging GE Appliance’s insights with other GE units. General Electric Operations Strategy' and compete successfully. In 2008, GE corporate decided to invest $1 billion in the $5.6

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