LEADERSHIP SECRET 12LEARNING CULTURE II: INCULCATE THE BEST IDEAS INTO THE BUSINESS, NO MATTER WHERE THEY COME FROM

FROM THE FILES OF JACK WELCH

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We really view ourselves as a series of laboratories that share ideas, financial resources, and management people.

Keep learning: This is one of the anchors of Jack Welch’s business philosophy.

Don’t be arrogant, he insists. Don’t assume you know it all. Always assume that you can learn from someone else.

From a colleague, for example, or even from a competitor.

Especially from a competitor!

SCOUR THE LANDSCAPE

Welch exhorted his troops to scour the corporate landscape for good ideas and then to appropriate ...

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