Beth Comstock: Life as an Outsider Inside

Published: Jan. 9, 2019, 9:11 p.m.

As Beth Comstock sees it, most companies simply aren\u2019t ready for the massive change happening in the world. After nearly three decades in senior leadership roles at GE and NBC Universal, she\u2019s learned a lot from her successes (and failures) in navigating change and fostering creativity. It\u2019s why she wrote her book, Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change. Comstock joins the podcast to share ideas from her book and why she describes herself as an \u201coutsider inside.\u201d \n \nListen to this podcast to learn:\n\u2022 Why fear hinders your ability to change and innovate\n\u2022 From Hulu to green tech: stories about how to push for change and fight for the future\n\u2022 How to inspire innovators (even when they think they\u2019re Steve Jobs)\n\u2022 What Saudi women and Brooklyn entrepreneurs taught her about innovation\n\u2022 Comstock\u2019s GE legacy and where her journey (or, walkabout) will take her next