[one_electron]

it did! an entire generation of MBAs learned from jack welch, who popularized be #1 in anything you compete in (and if not, exit).

for those interested in management fads, https://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-succes...

[dralley]

We also have Jack Welch to thank for stack ranking (ranking the bottom X% of employees in any given team, no matter how elite they are, as "underperforming").

The self-inflicted damage management fads (and Welch's Ilk in particular) have caused to our economy is incalculable.

[paganel]

Wasn't he also the person responsible for "building up" GE Capital, i.e. the division that almost took down GE in late October - early November 2008?