"Jack [Welch] was a contemporary leader. Everything about him started and ended with talent and people, and technology was kind of woven in there as well. But he believed in the best talent, the best ideas, and whenever it was technology based, he would go with it." - John Seral

This week on Expedition Tech we get an advisory board level masterclass from private equity investor John Seral, Operating Advisor and Board Member of Clayton Dubilier & Rice. 

He’s currently managing billions of dollars in technology investments and had a 30 year career at General Electric working as CIO under Jack Welch. We go deep on what he looks for when researching tech investments for VC’s and it has everything to do with people. 

Key Takeaways

• Exploring what it takes to equip the next generation of technology leadership.
• Investigating the investment in people to support and drive the current technology arms race.
• Examining the potential conflict between the massive investments into technology and the lack of investment into people development.

Time Stamps

• 1:52 Jack Welsh and technology 
• 3:32 The 4 E’s of General Electric
• 5:18 The technology continuum  
• 6:48 Private Equity and technology 
• 9:24 Why people are important to private equity companies 
• 12:40 70/70/70 model as a business model 
• 14:52 Recent acquisitions 
• 18:29 you can’t afford not to compete
• 21:08 Cyber Insurance has accelerated in last 12 months 
• 22:32 Six Sigma final thoughts