ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
C H A P T E R
1 GENERAL ELECTRIC PART I
The Jack Welch Years and the Cash Flow Machine
That Created the Largest Company on Earth
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2 GENERAL ELECTRIC PART II
How a Culture of Arrogance Led to the
Largest Collapse in American History
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3 BOEING
A Struggle to Find Balance in Risk Management
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4 DANAHER
Process-Driven Reinvention
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5 HONEYWELL
How Cultural Transformation Led One of
the Greatest Turnarounds in History
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6 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
The Dangers of Fixed Incentives
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7 CATERPILLAR
Avoiding the Forecasting Trap
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8 ROPER
The Amazing Untold Story of Brian Jellison and
His Timeless Lessons on Compounding
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9 TRANSDIGM
How to Turn a Million into a Billion
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10 STANLEY BLACK & DECKER
Adding a Digital Layer
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11 UNITED RENTALS
Asset Sharing Done Right
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12 THE IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS SYSTEMS
AND OTHER KEY LESSONS FROM INDUSTRIALS
INDEX