Does anyone here remember the exceptionally high quality of GE products before Jack Welch became CEO in 1981? If so, then it should come as no surprise that there are many parallels between him and Tim Cook.
Cook is to Apple what Welch was to GE: a CEO who didn’t care much about user experience and thus lowered product quality in order to maximize profits.
Welch had bevvies of uncritical supporters who think that record profits can only mean that the products must be high quality. Same with Cook.
Welch prioritized shareholders over customers. Welch was loved by shareholders for cutting corners on products in order to maximize profits. Same with Cook.
Welch didn’t hire enough people to fix poor product quality. Same with Cook, which is why macOS and iOS are so buggy and bloated.
Welch expanded GE into the financial space. Same with Cook, although to a smaller degree, with the partnership with Goldman Sachs. (Soulless MBAs like Cook idolize Goldman Sachs and consider it, along with the consulting firm McKinsey, to be the pinnacle of prestige.)
Welch was not a product person. He didn’t care about innovation. Instead, his main focus was on maximizing profits by giving customers as little as he could get away with. Same with Cook.
Welch embraced a culture of corporate greed. Same with Cook.
Welch was adored by many NPC journalists who fallaciously equated record profits with innovation. Same with Cook.
In terms of innovation and creation of among the highest-quality products in the industry, Welch was the worst thing to ever happen to ever happen to his company. Same with Cook.
Cook is to Apple what Welch was to GE: a CEO who didn’t care much about user experience and thus lowered product quality in order to maximize profits.
Welch had bevvies of uncritical supporters who think that record profits can only mean that the products must be high quality. Same with Cook.
Welch prioritized shareholders over customers. Welch was loved by shareholders for cutting corners on products in order to maximize profits. Same with Cook.
Welch didn’t hire enough people to fix poor product quality. Same with Cook, which is why macOS and iOS are so buggy and bloated.
Welch expanded GE into the financial space. Same with Cook, although to a smaller degree, with the partnership with Goldman Sachs. (Soulless MBAs like Cook idolize Goldman Sachs and consider it, along with the consulting firm McKinsey, to be the pinnacle of prestige.)
Welch was not a product person. He didn’t care about innovation. Instead, his main focus was on maximizing profits by giving customers as little as he could get away with. Same with Cook.
Welch embraced a culture of corporate greed. Same with Cook.
Welch was adored by many NPC journalists who fallaciously equated record profits with innovation. Same with Cook.
In terms of innovation and creation of among the highest-quality products in the industry, Welch was the worst thing to ever happen to ever happen to his company. Same with Cook.
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