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Jeffrey Immelt On Change vs. Social Change

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4 min

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Dartmouth College

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GE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt, a 1978 Dartmouth graduate, says that to consider “change” and “social change” separately is a “losing proposition.”

His comments were taped on Sept. 21, 2009 during a panel discussion entitled “Reflections on Leadership for Social Change,” part of the inauguration of Jim Yong Kim as 17th president of Dartmouth College.

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