Re:How Boeing Lost Its Way [video]
by AnimalMuppet on Sunday February 11, 2024 @08:53PM
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OK, but why does Welch come up so often in Boeing articles? It's like there's this meme that "What happened to Boeing is all Jack Welch's fault!" It comes up over and over and over, and from multiple authors. Why?
Re:How Boeing Lost Its Way [video]
by toomanyrichies on Monday February 12, 2024 @12:37AM
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James McNerney, the CEO of Boeing who oversaw the development of the 737 MAX, was one of Jack Welch's underlings (along with eventual Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli and Welch's successor as CEO of GE, Jeff Immelt). [1][2]
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McNerney
2. https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-boeing-was-set-on-the-path...
He was an engineer and an exercise. There is this myth in Silicon Valley about how MBAs and engineers behave in the C suite. It’s empirically unsupported, albeit a satisfying story to tell.