Comments on: Today vs. GMA: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger http://blogs.reuters.com/jack-and-suzy-welch/2012/04/27/today-vs-gma-what-doesn%e2%80%99t-kill-you-makes-you-stronger/ Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Neilwal http://blogs.reuters.com/jack-and-suzy-welch/2012/04/27/today-vs-gma-what-doesn%e2%80%99t-kill-you-makes-you-stronger/#comment-643 Neilwal Sun, 13 May 2012 05:08:10 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/jack-and-suzy-welch/?p=113#comment-643 The initiatives are playing a critical role in changing GE, but the most significant change in GE has been its transformation into a Learning Company. Our true "core competency" today is not manufacturing or services, but the global recruiting and nurturing of the world's best people and the cultivation in them of an insatiable desire to learn, to stretch and to do things better every day. By finding, challenging and rewarding these people, by freeing them from bureaucracy, by giving them all the resources they need—and by simply getting out of their way—we have seen them make us better and better every year. We have a Company more agile than others a fraction of our size, a high-spirited company where people are free to dream and encouraged to act and to take risks. In a culture where people act this way, every day, "big" will never mean slow' BIG SWINGS! We see size differently... we appreciate the one huge advantage size offers: the ability to take big swings, big risks, and to live outside the technology envelope, to live in the future 'We see size differently. The initiatives are playing a critical role in changing GE, but the most significant change in GE has been its transformation into a Learning Company. Our true “core competency” today is not manufacturing or services, but the global recruiting and nurturing of the world’s best people and the cultivation in them of an insatiable desire to learn, to stretch and to do things better every day. By finding, challenging and rewarding these people, by freeing them from bureaucracy, by giving them all the resources they need—and by simply getting out of their way—we have seen them make us better and better every year.

We have a Company more agile than others a fraction of our size, a high-spirited company where people are free to dream and encouraged to act and to take risks. In a culture where people act this way, every day, “big” will never mean slow’

BIG SWINGS!

We see size differently… we appreciate the one huge advantage size offers: the ability to take big swings, big risks, and to live outside the technology envelope, to live in the future
‘We see size differently.

]]> By: Alistair2 http://blogs.reuters.com/jack-and-suzy-welch/2012/04/27/today-vs-gma-what-doesn%e2%80%99t-kill-you-makes-you-stronger/#comment-631 Alistair2 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:38:31 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/jack-and-suzy-welch/?p=113#comment-631 Is competition best for the long term interests of customers or does it encourgage short term thinking at the expense of long term planning? Is competition best for the long term interests of customers or does it encourgage short term thinking at the expense of long term planning?

]]> By: lhathaway http://blogs.reuters.com/jack-and-suzy-welch/2012/04/27/today-vs-gma-what-doesn%e2%80%99t-kill-you-makes-you-stronger/#comment-628 lhathaway Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:46:45 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/jack-and-suzy-welch/?p=113#comment-628 The winners and losers are at it again, Life is a game, and always has been. Our winners have rigged the game from the top; That's why they want it never to stop. "Keep playing the game, it makes us all rich," But that's only true if you're in the top niche. With six billion strong we need to begin To figure out ways in which everyone wins. It's not as much fun for those with a lot To share all the loot with those who have not. But maybe it's time to begin a new day Where life's about more than children at play. The winners and losers are at it again,
Life is a game, and always has been.
Our winners have rigged the game from the top;
That’s why they want it never to stop.
“Keep playing the game, it makes us all rich,”
But that’s only true if you’re in the top niche.
With six billion strong we need to begin
To figure out ways in which everyone wins.
It’s not as much fun for those with a lot
To share all the loot with those who have not.
But maybe it’s time to begin a new day
Where life’s about more than children at play.

]]> By: LoraineAntrim http://blogs.reuters.com/jack-and-suzy-welch/2012/04/27/today-vs-gma-what-doesn%e2%80%99t-kill-you-makes-you-stronger/#comment-627 LoraineAntrim Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:17:11 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/jack-and-suzy-welch/?p=113#comment-627 Competition is the best thing that can happen to any business. Yes, it gets the creative juices going and spurs innovation and transforms work. And as you say, it is probably the best thing that can happen to the iconic Today Show. Jack and Suzy, if anyone knows how to package competition into a winning package, it's you! But I also add that whether in the media business or any other, communication is critical. Never stop thinking about your competition, but also, never stop thinking about your audience or customers: what are their needs; what do they need to hear right now; what are their challenges and how can I communicate solutions that are relevant to them? Keep your eye on competition AND audience--that's a winning combination. Very insightful post, thank you! Loraine Antrim, https://twitter.com/#!/loraineantrim Competition is the best thing that can happen to any business. Yes, it gets the creative juices going and spurs innovation and transforms work. And as you say, it is probably the best thing that can happen to the iconic Today Show. Jack and Suzy, if anyone knows how to package competition into a winning package, it’s you! But I also add that whether in the media business or any other, communication is critical. Never stop thinking about your competition, but also, never stop thinking about your audience or customers: what are their needs; what do they need to hear right now; what are their challenges and how can I communicate solutions that are relevant to them? Keep your eye on competition AND audience–that’s a winning combination. Very insightful post, thank you! Loraine Antrim, https://twitter.com/#!/loraineantrim

]]> By: Acetracy http://blogs.reuters.com/jack-and-suzy-welch/2012/04/27/today-vs-gma-what-doesn%e2%80%99t-kill-you-makes-you-stronger/#comment-626 Acetracy Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:50:57 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/jack-and-suzy-welch/?p=113#comment-626 Jack and Suzy know nothing about competition. GE's profits during Welch's tenure were fueled by tax legislation (sell-lease '80s tax law that let GE lend back airplanes to airlines that they sold the day before to GE), near -0- corporate tax rates, raiding employee pensions, etc. When the financial bubble couldn't be sustained, the new 'financier' GE, that was Jack's great creation, nearly went bankrupt except for US government bailout. For those of us in a truly competitive environment - holding onto our jobs or just finding one - GMA and the Today Show don't quite fit into our scheduled viewing since we are already at our jobs or on the streets looking for one. If Jack and Suzy or really so eager for true competition, then have them explain why Exxon enjoys such low corporate taxes and huge credits through depletion allowance, why Amazon can sell retail without paying local sales taxes while the local mom and pop shop on the street do pay sales tax. The list goes on. Through corporate America lobbying you have subsidies and tax giveaways to the largest corporations, yet small businesses (where most job creation happens) get nothing. Is this a competitive environment that American capitalism that Jack and Suzy are talking about? Jack and Suzy know nothing about competition. GE’s profits during Welch’s tenure were fueled by tax legislation (sell-lease ’80s tax law that let GE lend back airplanes to airlines that they sold the day before to GE), near -0- corporate tax rates, raiding employee pensions, etc. When the financial bubble couldn’t be sustained, the new ‘financier’ GE, that was Jack’s great creation, nearly went bankrupt except for US government bailout.

For those of us in a truly competitive environment – holding onto our jobs or just finding one – GMA and the Today Show don’t quite fit into our scheduled viewing since we are already at our jobs or on the streets looking for one.

If Jack and Suzy or really so eager for true competition, then have them explain why Exxon enjoys such low corporate taxes and huge credits through depletion allowance, why Amazon can sell retail without paying local sales taxes while the local mom and pop shop on the street do pay sales tax. The list goes on. Through corporate America lobbying you have subsidies and tax giveaways to the largest corporations, yet small businesses (where most job creation happens) get nothing. Is this a competitive environment that American capitalism that Jack and Suzy are talking about?

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