Crazy Town

How to Become the Winningest Winner Who Wins: The Twisted Logic of the World’s Greatest CEO


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Meet Jack Welch, celebrated wrecker of real jobs and leading light of Wall Street wankers. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation.

For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD. 


Sources/Links/Notes:

  • David Gelles, The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of America—and How to Undo His Legacy (2022).
  • David Gelles, "How Jack Welch’s Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk’s Twitter Feed," New York Times (2022).
  • Malcolm Gladwell, "Was Jack Welch the Greatest C.E.O. of His Day--Or the Worst?," The New Yorker (2022).
  • Geoff Colvin, "The Ultimate Manager," Fortune (1999).
  • Matthew J. Belvedere, "Jack Welch says Obama’s ‘wacky’ climate-change agenda hurts the US economy," CNBC (2016).
  • "Jack Welch Fast Facts," CNN (2020).
  • Scott Tong, "This is how shareholders got to be first in line for profits," Business Insider (2016).
  • James B. Stewart, "Did the Jack Welch Model Sow Seeds of G.E.’s Decline?," New York Times (2017). 
  • Jack & Suzy Welch Winning (2005).
  • Geoff Gloeckler, "Jack Welch Launches Online MBA," Bloomberg Businessweek (2009).
  • Della Bradshaw, "Jack Welch on the executive MBA he created in his own image," Financial Times (2014).
  • Jack Welch Management Institute .
  • Oxfam "Top 1% grab twice as much new wealth as everyone else combined".
  • Economic Policy Institute “CEO pay has skyrocketed".  

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