Bob Wright, Former Vice Chairman of GE and CEO of NBC

Bob Wright (0:00)

Leadership comes from being able to create objectives, explain to people why they're there, and then explain how we're going to get there.

In which case, where is your part in it? And then the execution becomes the critical issue, getting it done, and having, you know, bringing it up into pieces that are bite size.

Dr. Michael Gervais (0:31)

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Those are big time responsibilities. And then prior to that, he served as the president of GE Financial Services. And before that, he was the president of Cox Cable Communications. And he's had this really diversified career in law and general management, marketing and television. And in fact, he's also been inducted into the advertising, broadcaster and cable hall of fame. Okay, so he's not messing around. He's done it. He's lived it. And now he's on the other side of being able to talk about how he's done what he's done. And then he's also mission minded and purpose minded in this phase of his career and life. And so right now, he's the co-founder of Autism Speaks. I'm sure you've heard of that. And he's the founder of the Suzanne Wright Foundation. So Bob's main focus right now is on the Suzanne Wright Foundation and his CodePurple campaign, which are both fighting pancreatic cancer.