35. The Committed Innovator: Beth Comstock

from Inside the Strategy Room · host McKinsey & Company

Read more >    Listen to the podcast (duration: 30:41) >  Beth Comstock, former vice chair of GE, and McKinsey senior partner Erik Roth discuss how a tolerance for risk, patience, and thinking small (where funding is concerned) can lead to innovation breakthroughs. Beth is an innovation leader who spent almost three decades at General Electric, where for a time she headed GE Business Innovations that developed new businesses, markets and service models. She recently published Imagine It Forward: Courage, creativity, and the power of change. Erik leads McKinsey's innovation work globally.Support the show: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/mckinsey-strategy-&-corporate-finance/See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

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Beth Comstock speaks with senior partner Erik Roth about the challenges corporations face in developing breakthrough innovations.

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