What GE and GitHub Learned From Each Other

Tom Preston-Werner and Jeffrey Immelt

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When GitHub Co-founder Tom Preston-Werner had a chance to pick the brain of a big company CEO, he went straight to GE and Jeffrey Immelt. During their conversation, Preston-Werner dug into how Immelt keeps a 130-year-old company innovating and attacking massive markets. Immelt turned to Preston-Werner for his thoughts on the velocity of ideas, and the feedback loops between customers and the company that keep GitHub cranking.

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