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The End of the Bell Curve: Why the Way We Measure Performance Is Broken

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Ousmane Diallo
Jul 29, 2025
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The Ghost of GE: How a Management Fad from the '80s Still Haunts Your Office

In the 1980s, under the formidable leadership of Jack Welch at General Electric (GE), a management philosophy emerged that would cast a lasting impact on corporate culture for decades to come (Deloitte, 2014; Keka, n.d.). Termed the "vitality curve," this system of forced rankin…

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