“Jeff did not surround himself with a level of fiercely intelligent people who could—and would—on a regular basis be combative with him. People were combative with Jack. Jack loved it. Jack wanted it. He wanted to be in a fight. He wanted to have an intellectual throwdown. And Jeff didn’t. He wanted to participate. He wanted to read out his conclusions and he did. If you look at the who’s who of the GE leadership team and compare them, they were people who understood and were willing to debate, and debate is what went away, I think. Debate no longer occurred.”
