Michael UngarCEO of the Industry 4.0 Club

How GE Revolutionized Employee Engagement

14 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this spoken narrative, the presenter recounts how General Electric (GE) launched a program that blended digital and industrial strategies while actively involving employees in change‑management initiatives. The speaker, who encountered the program while studying for a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, adopted its principles as part of his personal professional philosophy. He contrasts the experience with a cultural backdrop where younger workers often feel unheard by an established “old‑guard” of industrial professionals. Observing GE’s willingness to empower its workforce reshaped his view of what effective, modern industry practices look like.

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GE, I think, implemented a program that really focused on the kind of the marriage of digital and industrial, and they encouraged employees to join the change management process and set the direction the company would then take in the years to come. I think I studied this when I was taking my Lean Six Sigma Black Belt exam, and I stumbled upon this and I made this part of my DNA, like my philosophy, because I believed in it so much. I came from a culture that I think many people would— this would resonate with them, that our voices are just not heard. We're the younger generation moving into an old guard, so to speak, of industrial professionals that really, they knew what they were doing. And to see a company like GE think in this mindset or use this mindset to leverage their employees and engage their employees, it changed my entire perception of what good looked like in industry.