Founded by Thomas Edison. One of the original twelve Dow Industrials. Number 11 on the Fortune 500. General Electric is unquestionably one of the most successful, familiar industrial brands today.
People generally don’t consider companies GE’s size and age, however, as being particularly nimble or innovative. GE, however, is committed to breaking that mold, as its newest business unit, GE Digital illustrates – its first new business unit in 75 years.
Heading up this new division: Bill Ruh, both CEO of GE Digital as well as Chief Digital Officer of the entire GE organization since September 2015.
Transforming a company with as much inertia as GE is a tall order. What makes Ruh qualified for the job also qualifies him to be my next digital influencer.
Read the entire article at http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2016/07/25/digital-transformation-at-scale-at-general-electric-digital-influencer-bill-ruh/.
Intellyx publishes the Agile Digital Transformation Roadmap poster, advises companies on their digital transformation initiatives, and helps vendors communicate their agility stories. As of the time of writing, Software AG is an Intellyx customer. None of the other organizations mentioned in this article are Intellyx customers. Image credit: GE.
