IMLPs visit GE Surgical Facility & Hit the Slopes

Healthcare IMLPs Pose on the SlopesA group of IMLPs recently visited the GE Healthcare Surgery facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.  We took a tour of the manufacturing floor featuring the C-arm product and learned about the unique business.

While we were in the area, we also were able to enjoy the beautiful surroundings.  We took a tour of Park City where the Sundance film festival was being held and we skied at a few of the resorts in the area.

It always amazes me to see how GE reaches so many places across the United States and the world.

IMLP Bloggers Meet at GE Formal Event (Finally!)

Alana (left) and Brandon meet at a GE event in BaltimoreOn the IMLP program and at GE, we often forge professional relationships with team members from a distance - without ever meeting them in person.

However, over the course of our two years on program, unexpected meetups can often happen.

Take for example Brandon Henak, an IMLP Alumni from GE Healthcare.

Brandon and I worked on the blog in it's early stages, and often have conversations about social media and blogging (we both blog for IMLP and on our personal blogs as well.)

So, while at a GE Event in Baltimore, Maryland, Brandon noticed on Twitter and Foursquare that I was traveling and "checking in" at airports. After sending me a few direct messages on Twitter, we finally met!

He knew that I'd be posting this one on the blog.

GE's iCare Charity Fundraising

Every year, GE sponsors a United Way Employee Giving Campaign.  The GE family contributed over $31 million to more than 450 United Way organizations, placing GE among the top United Way supporters.

As part of the 2009 GE Foundation Food and Shelter initiative, the GE Foundation increased its contributions from 40% to 50% and allocated its donations solely to food, shelter and basic needs.

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Collaboration at work: Technology Infrastructure Reunion Weekend

Last weekend, the first rotation IMLPs from GE's Technology Infrastructure business met up in Cincinnati, Ohio, the world headquarters of GE Aviation.

During our visit, we had the unique opportunity to tour the vast Aviation facility. 

• First, we went on a customer showcase where we were shown all of the different jet engines that GE Aviation manufactures and sells. 
• We then took a private tour of the manufacturing plant, learning about how the engines are assembled on the production line. 
• Finally, we were able to see the huge power of the machines during a live engine test.

While on the customer showcase, we witnessed how the collaborative culture at GE can help solve real business problems.  Most think that, to inspect an engine, you have to take the engine off the wing.  Aviation was able to solve this problem by leveraging Healthcare based ultrasound technology. 

They are able to scan and diagnose engine problems during inspections just like a doctor would without having to take the engine off the wing, which saves hours of time.  This kind of boundaryless idea sharing shows the strength of collaboration and teamwork.

 Overall, the weekend served as a great bonding experience for the IMLPs from across Technology Infrastructure.  It truly brought forth the idea on how boundaryless collaboration works.

@SU - EEDPs and Smart Grids

New EEDP Friend Owen at the GRCLast week, I traveled to Syracuse University with a FMP (Financial Managment Program), an EEDP (Edison Engineering Development Program) and my former AL (Assignment Leader).

While driving to Syracuse with my new leadership program friends, Owen, the EEDP, pulled out his iPhone and showed us a video on Smart Grids - but what we didn't realize is that he was IN the video (which was pretty cool).

Owen appeared in the video because he works at the GE Global Research Center, and has been working on Smart Grid technology there.

Check out the in-depth article posted at Technology Review by MIT.

As an IMLP, you're able to get to know members of other leadership programs - and it's pretty cool to see what they're working on too!