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🗓️ 10 May 2022
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We often hear the story about the great leader who joins a legacy company and guides it through massive transformation. But massive transformation can also start from the inside. Bill Ford, the executive chair of the Ford Motor Company, founded by his great-grandfather, is proof that great change can come from within. He has led not just one but multiple refreshes of Ford’s mission, culture, and, especially, their approach to sustainability. In Part One of a two-part series, you’ll hear about Bill Ford’s unusual entry into the family business and how he learned to drive change against internal resistance.
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0:56.7 | upcoming episodes and trust me, you won't want to miss what's in store. There is a Michigan train station |
1:08.2 | which was once one of the most beautiful buildings in the country. |
1:11.5 | It was every bit as beautiful as Grand Central Station or the San Francisco Ferry Building. |
1:25.2 | It was just a beautiful building but like so much else in Detroit, |
1:30.3 | they had fallen into disrepair. Whatever there was a national story about the Decay of Detroit, |
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1:44.6 | and this beautiful hulk of a building sitting there. So I always said to myself, |
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1:57.4 | That's Bill Ford. He's the executive chair of the Ford Motor Company. The company founded by |
2:02.4 | his great grandfather. So he's been in Detroit a long time. He can remember back to a Michigan |
2:08.1 | Central Station that beautiful landmark he's describing was abandoned in 1988. But Bill wants to |
2:14.2 | do more than just restore it. He wants to make something new. Three years ago we bought the train station |
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