Quantify Innovation Impact

GE launches healthcare strategy that requires innovative solutions to succeed. It expects to develop and deliver a portfolio of innovation projects in order to achieve the industry impact that it is targeting - cost, quality, accessibility, etc. The company will use external services to validate that its innovation projects really do "move the rock" in the healthcare space. ...

... "To date, Oxford Analytica has qualified seven GE products that yield 15 percent improvement in cost, access and quality, with 20 more in the pipeline. GE’s goal is to qualify 100 healthymagination innovations by 2015. " ...

Via GE: Healthymagination

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Oxford Analytica involvement in GE Healthymagination: "Oxford Analytica will now focus on this second stage, performance measurement, by reviewing GE's portfolio of innovations to determine whether they meet healthymagination standards and contribute to the declared objectives. "

In the Moment

GE's Immelt to his leaders ... Sharpen your teeth in 2009. ...

... "You were put on Earth for this moment. A dog could have managed the '90s. Anybody could have, but only the best can do 2009! " ...

Via Washington Times: GE Leadership

Stop or My Mom Will Shoot

Here's some special words of encouragement from Jack Welch to his old company and successor. ...

... "Jack Welch said Wednesday that he would get a gun out and shoot his successor, Jeff Immelt, if he allowed GE to miss earnings targets again. " ...

Via USATODAY: Immelt should be scared