{"product_id":"lights-out-pride-delusion-and-the-fall-of-general-electric-1","title":"Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric","description":"A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER\n\n\"If you’re in any kind of leadership role—whether at a company, a non-profit, or somewhere else—there’s a lot you can learn here.\"—Bill Gates, Gates Notes\n\nHow could General Electric—perhaps America’s most iconic corporation—suffer such a swift and sudden fall from grace?\n\nThis is the definitive history of General Electric’s epic decline, as told by the two Wall Street Journal reporters who covered its fall.\n\nSince its founding in 1892, GE has been more than just a corporation. For generations, it was job security, a solidly safe investment, and an elite business education for top managers.\n\nGE electrified America, powering everything from lightbulbs to turbines, and became fully integrated into the American societal mindset as few companies ever had. And after two decades of leadership under legendary CEO Jack Welch, GE entered the twenty-first century as America’s most valuable corporation. Yet, fewer than two decades later, the GE of old was gone.\n\nLights Out examines how Welch’s handpicked successor, Jeff Immelt, tried to fix flaws in Welch’s profit machine, while stumbling headlong into mistakes of his own. In the end, GE’s traditional win-at-all-costs driven culture seemed to lose its direction, which ultimately caused the company’s decline on both a personal and organizational scale. Lights Out details how one of America’s all-time great companies has been reduced to a cautionary tale for our times.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0358250412\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0358250412.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Gryta, Thomas|Mann, Ted\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41505660174394,"sku":"DBV.0358250412.G","price":7.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0358250412-0.jpg?v=1783196784","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/lights-out-pride-delusion-and-the-fall-of-general-electric-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}