How to Become the Winningest Winner Who Wins: The Twisted Logic of the World’s Greatest CEO - a podcast by Post Carbon Institute: Sustainability, Climate, Collapse, and Dark Humor

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.

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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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