American Competitiveness: What Works
What Works is a four-day conference that will feature in-depth conversations with business, political and thought leaders, including GE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt, on what’s working right now, and what must be done to grow manufacturing, foster innovation, compete globally, and create jobs.
- The #WhatWorks Conference has started. Here's a brief video with some opening remarks from Jeff Immelt, GE Chairman & CEO:
- As part of his remarks, Jeff outlined 10 key ideas for American Competitiveness over the next decade:
- Now, we welcome David Gregory from Meet The Press, as he hosts Jeff Immelt, GE Chairman & CEO, Jim McNerney, Boeing CEO, and Andrew Liveris, Dow Chemical CEO, to share their thoughts on the 'Future of American Manufacturing':
- Nice shot from our CEO panel: The Future of Manufacturing: Growing American Competitiveness #WhatWorks
- Here are some selected highlights from the conversation:
"Public - private partnerships are critical. We're aligning w/ states & universities for jobs training programs."--Jeff Immelt #WhatWorks- "We need job creation programs & re-skilling programs, and to do a better job educating students in math & science."--Jeff Immelt #WhatWorks
- "We want to lead on engineering. We typically hire 2,500 interns each summer - we'll double that this year." --Jeff Immelt #Whatworks #jobs
- Our next panel is hosted by Mary Jordan (L) from The Washington Post, who will interview Seth Goldman, President & TeaEO of Honest Tea, Deborah Wince-Smith, CEO of Council on Competitiveness, and Bill Dunkelberg, Chief Economist at NFIB, on the 'Winning Formula for Entrepreneurship and American Competitiveness':
- Here are some excerpts from their wide-ranging conversation:
- "In 1961, 1 in 4 jobs were in #manufacturing – now only 9% of jobs are manufacturing." -- Mary Jordan of @thepostlive
- "2 out of every 3 small businesses are started using private savings."--Bill Dunkelberg #WhatWorks
- "If you identify your mission – your reason for being in the market – then #innovation will grow from that." -Seth Goldman of @HonestTea
- Just after the panel ended, we spoke with Seth Goldman, President & TeaEO of Honest Tea, for his advice on a question submitted by Kyle Olason in the GE LinkedIn community."In an established market, how do you come to compete with big rival companies as a start-up?"
- That's all of our online coverage for today. We'll be back tomorrow and we look forward to continuing the conversation online at #WhatWorks.
