Bibliograph

The Wright stuff, from NBC to Autism Speaks, Bob Wright with Diane Mermigas

Type

Label

The Wright stuff, from NBC to Autism Speaks, Bob Wright with Diane Mermigas

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Wright stuff

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Bob Wright with Diane Mermigas

Sub title

from NBC to Autism Speaks

Summary

Named president and CEO of NBC at the age of 43, he faced a two-headed dragon: on one hand, distrust from the network people deeply skeptical of the "suit" from GE, their new corporate parent; and on the other, fiscal oversight demands from a cautious, conservative institution reluctant to invest heavily in a media business they didn't understand. For the next 20 years, he managed to navigate the fine line between the two and in the process completely reinvent-and save-the network. His name is Bob Wright. Under his leadership, a traditional network, struggling to survive a changing landscape, was transformed into a $45 billion cable and internet giant. What does someone like that do when he retires? If he's Bob Wright, he starts all over again. At almost the exact same time as Bob's NBC reign was winding down, his grandson Christian was diagnosed with autism, a condition then poorly understood. Baffled by a lack of medical knowledge and community support, Bob and his wife Suzanne founded Autism Speaks, which in short order became the leading advocacy and research funding organization for this mysterious condition that so devastates families. As the two story lines unfold in The Wright Stuff, readers will gradually see that both endeavors-revitalizing NBC and building Autism Speaks-reflect the same key management tenets that apply to any organization facing disruptive change

Target audience

adult

Classification