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Imagine It Forward

Imagine It Forward

Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change

Summary


Change is the only constant. Learn to be a change-maker.


In Imagine It Forward, Beth Comstock, the former vice chair of GE, describes her twenty-five year efforts to be an instigator of change at every level of business. When she first moved from NBC to parent company GE in 1998, she was ignored as a woman in a man's world, treated as an outsider because she didn't have a business background, and ignored as a mere PR person. But CEO Jeff Immelt realized even then that the industrial giant, like so many businesses, had to change fast in order to stay relevant in a world where Google, Facebook, and an explosion of internet companies were transforming how goods and services were marketed, made, and sold.

In a deeply personal journey filled with practical takeaways from two plus decades of initiating change at the top levels of one of the largest corporations in the world, Comstock lays out the challenges, opportunities, tools, and practices needed to embrace change, whatever industry you are in, and make it part of every management decision.

Reviews

  • If there is one skill that more individuals and companies need to hone it's imagination. And if there is one person who can teach us how to do it, it’s Beth Comstock. Woven together through own journey, Comstock offers us simple and practical steps on things we can all do to prepare ourselves for the future…or even invent it.
    Simon Sinek, New York Times Bestselling Author of START WITH WHY and LEADERS EAT LAST

About the author

Beth Comstock

BETH COMSTOCK’s mission is to understand what’s next, navigate change and help people and organizations do the same. She is the former Vice Chair of GE, where she led efforts to accelerate new growth and innovation, initiated GE's digital and clean-energy transformation, seeded new businesses and enhanced GE’s brand value and inventive culture. As President of Integrated Media at NBC Universal, Beth oversaw TV ad revenue and new digital efforts, including the early development of hulu.com.

Written about and profiled extensively in the media, from the New York Times to Forbes, Fortune, and Fast Company, she is also on the Forbes list of the most powerful women in the world.
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