Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

A few years ago, Ed Whitacre took over as CEO at General Motors even though he had limited experience in the automotive industry. Unfortunately, diving deep into operational details carries a heavy opportunity cost. That means less time to think about developing your people. Rookie leaders face a different challenge.

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Automotive Collins Learning-by-Doing CEO 426

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 27, 2019

There has nary been an industry that hasn’t been caught up in the rush to recruit as much AI talent as they can in the past few years, but perhaps few have such a pressing need as the automotive sector. The UK will need 1.2

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Skills Automotive Engineering Software 69

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2012

But your definition has to be based on the two macro concepts of defining your success destination and developing the character qualities that encourage others to follow your lead. Without knowing that, you will never develop a clear understanding of what leadership is, or of what you have to do to become a great leader.

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Automotive Customer Loyalty Open-book Definition 285

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 13, 2020

The findings emerged from a study of the automotive industry in nine developed countries, which collectively underwent 205 collective layoffs from 20 major brands over a 15 year period. It’s likely that the merit of the firm’s prior actions will be called into question, however, as will their future prospects. ”

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Advertising Automotive Restructuring Price 102

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 24, 2013

KKSP Precision Machining in Glendale Heights, Illinois, is a manufacturer of high-volume, precision made-to-print automatic screw machine products for automotive, medical/veterinary, appliance, HVAC and aerospace markets. Most of those help you develop the plan and leave it with you,” Nussear said.

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Case Study Automotive Strategic Planning Engineering 83

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

They remind us that only very limited demonstration events have come close to the level 5 (full automation) standard determined by the Society of Automotive Engineers, and that these are often confused with the much more widespread adoption of level 2 or 3 technologies that provide partial or conditional automation, which are more common.

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Short-term Automotive Long-term Technology 71

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. The researchers collected data from the China Employer-Employee Survey to gauge how many firms are using robots.

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Automotive Banking Industry Information Technology 79

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

Sam Walsh: I graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University and started my career in the Automotive Industry at General Motors in Australia in 1972. I started my career in purchasing; migrated to sales and marketing; moved to manufacturing, mining, and then general management in a business operating in 40 countries.

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Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

billion and is estimated to be worth $48 billion by 2026, with the Covid pandemic driving growth, especially in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, but also in sectors such as automotive and defense. It’s a market that is already worth $3.1 “With 5G, you get fast upload speeds, up to 100Gbsp on many public networks.

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Stephenson Wireless Christensen Automotive 114

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

From starting her post as CEO of America’s largest automotive manufacturer, to being named “The Most Powerful Woman” by Fortune, to being the focal point of the newest cyber rampage on gender pay inequality, Ms Barra is making headlines around the world. What an eventful month it has been for Strategista Mary Barra!

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Strategy Automotive Human Resources Engineering 98

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 22, 2016

Instead, effective risk management enables a company to accelerate its business operations and to become more aggressive in the marketplace; approaches that in today’s fast paced environment is immeasurably valuable. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here. You just finished reading Why have a Risk Management Program? !

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Risk Management Management Insurance Automotive 50

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2020

Yet, in the space of a month, telehealth has grown to the point that 90% of primary care appointments were being delivered virtually, with apps being developed to provide remote monitoring of people as they monitor and manage their symptoms of the virus. ” Developing the skills. ” Developing the skills. .

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Skills Report Technology Long-term 96

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Sectors like construction, real estate, automotive manufacturing, financial services, and health care have been thought of as distinct categories, each operating in its own spheres. McKinsey partners Venkat Atluri and Miklós Dietz illuminate that change in The Ecosystem Economy. The borders between sectors are dissolving.

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Supply Chain Real Estate Automotive McKinsey 311

Strategy Driven

MARCH 9, 2016

Just as you prepare your organization for disaster response, crisis communications, and continuity of operations, you can also prepare yourself. A 25-year veteran in senior human resources and leadership and development roles in four multinational companies, Harry Hutson is now an independent consultant. About the Authors.

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Crisis Automotive Human Resources Education 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2015

These “ nexus suppliers ” could be important for one or both of two reasons: A disruption of its operation would have a surprisingly huge impact on the original-equipment manufacturer’s production. (A The Future of Operations. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

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Supply Chain Operations Automotive Industry 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Former CEOs / Advisors.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Be aware of the public nature of the automotive industry and contribute to the welfare of society. In 1979: A two-year management capability improvement program was implemented with the department and section managers specifying topics for operational improvement. Item 4 was added in fiscal 1970 (ended June 1971).

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Deming Lean Manufacturing Management Long-term 28

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world. By the end of 2010, we have a prototype adaptation of our Whizard trimmer for tissue processing operating with the original customer, but we know that the tool is unsatisfactory in many ways.

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Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2017

companies in the automotive, agricultural, and textile industries by as much as one percentage point (assuming no pass-through of higher costs to consumers). Should NAFTA withdrawal and the border adjustment both occur, the combined effect would weigh most heavily on the oil and gas, automotive, and aerospace sectors.

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Supply Chain Hedge Automotive Uncertainty 9

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Because business is fraught with many risks and challenges, and because this journey isn’t right for everyone, I’ve developed some questions that will help you get more clarity so you can make better decisions for yourself when it comes to starting a business. Ours did; over 700 did not.) Do you like solving problems, and are you good at it?

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Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 257

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2017

Given how central automotive transportation is to our cities, commerce, and daily lives, saying that AI will change life as we know it is no understatement. Automotive OEMs. What’s our role in the value chain: facilitator, fleet operator, driverless “driver” supplier (versus vehicle manufacturer)?

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Automotive Transportation Health Care Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2012

In our international operations, we introduced a three-year sales planning process to get beyond the 90-day mentality of 'How will I make my number this quarter?'" Here's how the best trend hunters operate. However, its orders were actually tied to the number of new automotive projects (e.g. Tie insights to operations.

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Trends Automotive Short-term Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities. The broad deployment of digital technology requires rethinking both business and operating models. for leaders and 3.2% for laggards.

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Company Operations Human Capital Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

” They had developed inside the company and therefore knew the organization and its norms as well as the people and their capabilities — but they had also retained a strong streak of objectivity. The world of activist investors has made the task of developing insider-outsiders that much more difficult.

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CEO Automotive Survey Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

Some organizations are already deploying elements of process change automation, while others are developing technologies that lay the foundation for it. A company called Sight Machine has developed machine-learning analytics to solve a variety of problems in complex assembly lines. Self-Adapting Processes Enhance Customization.

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Process Automotive Chief Technology Officer Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

and other developed markets? But Chinese companies of all sizes are already operating in the U.S. During the global financial crisis, Robert Remenar, CEO of Nexteer, a Michigan-based automotive steering firm, deliberately searched for potential new Chinese owners. When a Chinese company operates in the U.S., in a big way.

Automotive 8

Automotive Long-term Operations Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

’’ As inspiring as those words may have been, Henry, the patriarch of a successful automotive parts business, wasn’t simply freeing his children to follow their dreams. He was a big believer that the best development possible is “getting your butt kicked” as you learned the ropes outside your family business.

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Company Long-term Short-term Automotive 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

Until recently, it operated mostly in European, American, and Japanese markets; those markets demanded high-functionality measurement capabilities. Such innovations in automotive research & development will accelerate in emerging countries where simplification and cost are critical issues. Options for self service.

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Innovation Automotive Analysis Audience 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. The constant need to drive towards operational efficiency can be avoided through the creation of new organizations.

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Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In the traditional model of electricity generation, large power plants produce power at a centralized location, which operates at a considerable distance from the points of consumption. And firms operating in more competitive markets incurred approximately $600M higher cost of self-disruption than those in less competitive markets.

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Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

based companies are repatriating their manufacturing capabilities — moving some production operations back from overseas. The reality, however, is that less and less of that demand is being filled by stateside manufacturing operations. In the automotive industry, for example, the U.S. A growing number of executives of U.S.-based

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Supply Chain Incentives Policies Automotive 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

Recently, space and automotive titan Elon Musk said the machine-over-mankind threat was humanity’s “biggest existential threat.” Sponsored by SAS. Assessing the opportunities and the potential pitfalls. It is easy to find reports that predict the loss of between 5 and 10 million jobs by 2020.

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Creativity Strategy Venture Capitalist McKinsey 15

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. But one angle that hasn't yet been covered is the brand-inspired cultural revolution he led inside the organization.

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Brand BPR FOB Automotive 193

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Thanks to the proliferation of smartphones, brand and online-shopping websites, social media, and vehicle connectivity, businesses have a unique opportunity to use technology to revolutionize the customer experience and to incorporate the voice of the customer into product development. But where and how do you start? Keep it simple.

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Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The question really is: Can digital natives develop software-enabled solutions that siphon off significant value from industrial hardware? Mastery of hard science is a pre-requisite to develop software-based solutions on the hardware. The answer is “yes.” ” But it won’t be easy.

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Industry Software Six Sigma Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

If you want to understand the future of Tesla, and Elon Musk’s role in it — something many are keen to do, given the spate of negative headlines about the company — you should start with a bit of automotive history from the 20th century. automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the U.S. economy. .”

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Transportation Automotive Brand Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2016

Even though these systems are updated regularly, we can no longer rely on standards and measures that were developed in a different age to reflect today’s realities — especially when we’re evaluating tech firms. Today, technology is just a standard part of corporate infrastructure, like operations or marketing.

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Industry Company Business Model Information Technology 8