Jack Welch Quotes

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

A learning organization is an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future.

Become a "learning organization". Shuck your arrogance - "if it isn't our idea, it can't be that good" - and become a determined copycat/ adapter/ enhancer.

The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.

In a learning organization, leaders are designers, stewards, and teachers. They are responsible for building organizations where people continually expand their capabilities to understand complexity, clarify vision, and improve shared mental models - that is, they are responsible for learning.

To be successful in a knowledge economy firms need to create learning organizations.

You're always trying to get better. You're always tinkering. You're always learning new things.

Innovative cultures transparently document spending, admit mistakes, and ask how they can do better.

I built a career out of knowing what I don't know.

You have to learn every single day, and try not to make the same mistakes. That's my mentality.

You're supposed to keep learning. You're not supposed to stagnate.

I have told many times I am always a student willing to learn new things.

I've always been about learning. No matter how long I've been in the business or where I've been in a company, I've always wanted to continue to learn.

There's always new things to learn and new ways to do things. My eyes and my ears are always open, and I'm always looking for advice.

Success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions.

Make a point to continually search for a better way of doing things, even when things are going well, to ensure that a better alternative has not been overlooked and to keep your creative talents in practice.

There is the opportunity to do more and better if you're smaller and more nimble.

Intellectual capital is the most valuable of all factors of production.

I used to go to all the environmental conferences when I wasn't an invited speaker. I was just somebody in the back taking a lot of notes. It was when I was least visible that I came up with the most cool stuff. Now, because I don't get to be Clark Kent, I feel like my learning curve is slowing way down. I'm always afraid the conversation will move on and I'll be up at the front of the room saying last year's speech.

Learning organizations organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning how to learn together.

You need to reinvent yourself every day when you are doing creative work. I always say that the moment I feel I'm at the top of the mountain and I cannot do more, I would be finished. So that's why I always feel the earth quake beneath my feet. I always feel myself on the fire. Because I think this is something that gives you the right adrenaline to work and go forward in your professional life. I have reinvented myself, believe me, many times in my life!

Warren is one of the best learning machines on this earth. The turtles who outrun the hares are learning machines. If you stop learning in this world, the world rushes right by you.

Speed, agility and responsiveness are the keys to future success.

Learning has replaced control as the fundamental role of management.

We win because we hire the smartest people. We improve our products based on feedback, until they're the best. We have retreats each year where we think about where the world is heading.