"The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard."
-Jack Welch
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"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.“
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"I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success."
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"You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that."
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"Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while."
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"I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world."
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