Comments on: Does Bill Ford Understand Business?

By: J Klein

J Klein — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:49:31 +0000

I share your wondering. He seems to have no clue about what is to be done.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:51:02 +0000

Talking green and understanding how to implement green are two different aspects. The equations and mathematics behind the higher order thinking, while outside of most people’s abilities, is never the less, an aspect that might help civilization, not just Ford. To watch a corporation think this way is a lift, thought some have been doing it for a while. Some insightful governments and communities have even reinstalled light rail and are looking forward to service in “rural areas, remote but real.

By: laurence haughton

laurence haughton — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:08:39 +0000

Talking green is sexy, all the celebrities are doing it.

But getting the right product, at the right cost, to the right place, at the right time is complex and complicated. And all the logistics required (not to mention the challenge of mobilizing thousands of associates) is definitely “not sexy.”

David is right. Ford is following the “Three Envelopes” strategy to a tee (T).

By: David Foster

David Foster — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:06:56 +0000

If he really thought “green” was the key, then why did he bet so much of his company’s future on large, un-economic vehicles?

I’ve seen this syndrome before: there’s a Project “X” that will save us at some point in the future; meanwhile, in the day-to-day world, we can keep doing things in our traditional way. Real innovation doesn’t happen this way.