GM CEO Barra Says You Can't Fake Culture - But How Do You Correct A Culture Based On Passing The Buck?

General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra, who for the past year has been working to overhaul long-held bureaucratic behavior at GM, said Monday she and the top 300 company leaders are working to “create the right environment” to break down barriers and solve problems.

“You can’t fake culture. You’ve got to have an environment where people feel engaged, where they’re working on things that are important and they have an opportunity to have career development,” said Barra, keynote speaker at Forbes Media’s “Reinventing America: The Workforce Summit,” on Monday in Detroit. The two-day summit is attracting entrepreneurs, investors, CEOs and policymakers.