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A Moment of Reflection on 50 Years

The Center For Leadership Studies

In the fall of 1983, Tom Peters and Bob Waterman published “ In Search of Excellence.” PI was a custom house that lived project to project for the better part of 25 years. Then things changed — in a hurry! It was really the first book on management, leadership and organizational culture that was universally embraced.

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How GE Applies Lean Startup Practices

Harvard Business Review

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. But as Kevin Nolan, vice president of technology, said, “With FastWorks we’re learning that speed is our competitive advantage. GE also launched more than 100 FastWorks projects globally.

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