If the only common thread you have as an industrial company is the fact that you think you're well managed, you can still be a pretty good company, but you're not going to be a dominant company, a competitive company over time.

Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility.

You can't delegate growth or customer satisfaction.

The reason people come to work for GE, they want to be apart of something bigger than themselves, they want to work for a company that makes a difference, a company that is doing great things in the world.

Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, you are not leading well.

Managing innovation better may be the only way out of the abyss called commodity hell.

Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration.