Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

Classic leadership lessons apply. Developing and deploying new technology requires building a supportive ecosystem surrounding it. The Open Automotive Alliance started in January 2014 with Google and General Motors as founding members; other technology companies and auto competitors soon joined. Enter a coalition.

Project 8

Project Transportation Construction Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

People were asked about GM products, upholstery textures, colors, vehicle designs, and technology, and their feedback was incorporated into GM vehicles. How technology is changing the way we work. The CoE elevated the issue to the engineering leads. Today, Weaver’s mass-mailing tactics seem quaintly out of date.

Media 8

Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 8

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 7, 2018

With One Ford, he put the purpose and values of the Ford brand at the center of the organization and unified the company’s people, plans, operations, and products to restore the brand to automotive leadership.

Brand 193

Brand BPR FOB Automotive 193

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Science and engineering professionals work closely with experienced technicians to produce next-generation batteries, not forged metal. This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. But just as U.S. Applying this standard, we identified 50 U.S.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

Emerging social networking technologies offer new ways to overcome these boundaries. Ford reengineered its global product development process so that an engineering plan designed in Detroit can drive the shop floor in a European factory. Power ranks Ford the highest in initial quality among non-luxury automotive brands.

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Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

We know that GM or Toyota cannot just close down production of gasoline engine cars and transform themselves into Tesla. They have to compete just as hard as ever to sustain leadership in the markets that exist today, even as they figure out how to compete in the future.

Industry 8

Industry Engineering Transportation Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

Together the officials and engineers overcame unprecedented technical challenges and brought about a rescue that most observers hardly thought possible. During the Chilean mine rescue, a key breakthrough came from a 24-year-old field engineer who showed up at the site on his own. Collaboration Leadership'

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Automotive Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

And the more growth opportunities stretch beyond a company’s current capabilities, the more the company needs to build systems to manage the unique nature of these opportunities (the kind we describe in more depth in our recent article “ Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days ” and our 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory ).

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Because of the web, social media, and advances in mobile and interactive communications and information technologies, the experiences of human beings are now at the heart of value creation. Platforms of engagement, based on human experiences, are the new loci of value creation and therefore the new engines of capitalism.

CEO 10

CEO Creativity Automotive Participative 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

And the sheer complexity of building cars also plays a role — David Cole, the former head of the Center for Automotive Research (and son of a former GM president), insists that this is really what’s behind the ignition switch error and why it was so hard for the company to get to the bottom of the problem.

Root Cause Analysis 8

Root Cause Analysis Edmondson Industry CEO 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills.

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Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You’re competing against platforms like Uber in transportation, Google in automotive, Airbnb in hospitality, LinkedIn in recruiting, Netflix in television, and the list goes on. In a world underpinned by ever more powerful, affordable, and public technology platforms, software is still king. Consider GE.

Software 8

Software Company Airlines Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

1 — Consistent Leadership Over Time Matters in This Market. One of us (Gunjan) counseled a top video game company to develop collaboration processes so that engineers in Bangalore and California could work on one integrated team over a 12.5-hour GM will keep its technology center in Bangalore.

CEO 10

CEO Long-term Short-term Mass Marketing 10

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2017

Systems Engineer. DEADS: Data Engineer and Data Scientist. Machine Learning Engineer. This includes Big Data strategy (both internal structured and external unstructured data); identify data components, select analytics engines and all the system and data interactions. To: AI/Cognitive Era. Database Administrator (DBA).

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Positioning Company Engineering Incubator 150

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

A team of engineers, designers, operations specialists, and clinicians was assembled and led by an experienced, well-respected physician “chief engineer” whose vision for the future of care was disruptive. Create a dedicated multidisciplinary team.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance P&L 8