Executive Interview Series: Enterprise Agility with Kevin Nolan, CEO, GE Appliances, a Haier company

Featuring Lenka Pincot, and Kevin Nolan - March 17, 2026

Overview

n this executive interview, Kevin Nolan, CEO of GE Appliances, explores what enterprise agility means from a CEO’s perspective and how to make it real in a large industrial organization. He frames enterprise agility as the ability to react and adapt at market pace amid persistent uncertainty, from geopolitical shifts and tariffs to supply-chain disruptions and pandemics. Nolan describes how GE Appliances uses a clear North Star: “Zero Distance” to the customer. This allows for decentralized decision-making, less bureaucracy, and lets market signals guide action. Drawing on concrete examples such as edge innovation units and democratized AI adoption, he shows how leaders can create safer, faster paths to innovation while still aligning to strategy. Throughout the conversation, he emphasizes that agility is less about one-time transformation and more about continuous reinvention, iterative learning, and empowering people closest to the work and the customer.

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