11月28日
Jeff Immelt: Running the electric Giant
A candid conversation with the CEO of General Electric about leadership and creativity
Q: So how do you get people excited?
A: People want to win. If people think they've been given the capability to win and are with winners, that's how you get people in the game.
Q: If you had to carve up how much time you spend with customers, on people development, and other things, what would that pie [chart] look like?
A: You can't delegate growth or customer satisfaction. I'm spending four or five days a month with customers. Twice every month, I do town-hall meetings with several hundred customers to share ideas on GE's direction and listen to their thoughts on what we can do better. I'm probably spending 30% of the time on people, teaching and coaching. I'm using 10% of my time on governance, working with the board, meeting with investors. The rest would be time spent on the plumbing of the company, working on operating reviews and strategy sessions.
Q: What's the idea behind imagination breakthroughs?
A: We had to have some way to pull ideas out of the pile, make sure they were funded, and really try to redefine what it meant to innovate in a big company. We started two years ago. We tested the time-honored tradition of pulling things out of the pile, putting good people on them, and finding ways to share ideas. We had 30 ideas. About 20 of them turned out to be good projects, from a dual card for consumer finance to a hybrid locomotive for GE railcars. We picked who would lead them, and every penny is funded. Our leaders know they have to pony up. So I now have 80 projects inside the company that are fully funded with the best people we can find. That's the way you drive change.
Specialized Terms
Town-hall meeting (n) 镇民大会 a gathering of the people who pay taxes in a town, for the purpose of governing the town
Governance (n) 管理系统 a system of management
Plumbing (n) 内部系统 an internal system
Dual card (n) 双功能金融卡 a personal finance card that functions as a credit card and as a bankcard
Pony up (v) 提供所需款项；还钱 to pay what is owed
Vocabulary Focus
In the game (idiom) committed to a business or occupation
Carve up (v) to divide something into smaller parts
Fund (v) to provide the money to pay for an activity or project
Time-honored (adj) of long standing and acceptance
Discussion Question
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