The Knowledge Coach
Here's the story that captures the essence of Deep Smarts, Dorothy Leonard's book on knowledge coaches.
"When e-business burst on the scene, GE's CEO Jack Welch was impressed by the strategy adopted by the CEO of GE's Global Consumer Finance (GCF) division, who realized he was not up to speed in e-business. The CEO identified the brightest person under thirty in GCF and asked him to be his mentor. When Welch returned to the United States, within forty-eight hours he spread the word: All managers were to identify someone who could serve as an e-business mentor. According to Welch, the youngest and brightest would now teach the oldest."
There's another nice snippet in the article on how a group of Indians coached each other when working on their ventures.
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