The essence of profound insight is simplicity.

Look, I don't really know where we should take this bus. But I know this much: If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we'll figure out how to take it someplace great.

To have a Welch-caliber C.E.O. is impressive.To have a century of Welch-Caliber C.E.O.'s all grown from the inside - well, that is one key reason why G.E. is a visionary company.

Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.

Discipline is consistency of action.

Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity...are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.

Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.