Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas.

Business is a game, and as with all games, the team that puts the best people on the field and gets them playing together wins. It's that simple.

The binders, the charts, the grids may seem formidable, but the meetings themselves are built around informality, trust, emotion and humor.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Never miss out on an opportunity like a good recession.

My bosses cautioned me about my candor. Now my GE career is over, and I'm telling you that it was my candor that helped make it work.

There is no straight line to a dream.