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		BooneJS on Aug 27, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: G.E., the 124-Year-Old Software Start-Up > “We had to be more capable in software,” Mr. Immelt said he decided. I hate to be snarky, but I suspect this is not how GE Digital actually came about.

gist on Aug 27, 2016 [–]

Actually I hate to be snarky but big CEO's like Immelt that is kind of they way they operate. By gathering and processing big thoughts and issuing directives. It's probably one of a thousand things that he said to people, the other 999 the troops found out and told him didn't have any merit.

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