Bill Ford
Bill Ford
William Clay "Bill" Ford Jr.is an American businessman. The great-grandson of Henry Ford, he serves as the executive chairman of Ford Motor Company. Ford also served as the President, CEO, and COO until turning over those roles to former Boeing executive Alan Mulally in September 2006. Ford is also the Vice Chairman of the Detroit Lions NFL franchise...
recovery together groups
I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn't know very well. They didn't know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan.
believe cells years
I believe fuel cells will finally end the 100-year reign of the internal combustion engine. . . Fuel cells could be the predominant automotive power source in 25 years.
thinking play issues
I think I was the first executive to ever speak at a Greenpeace business conference, in London in 2001. That didn't play well here at Ford, but I thought it was an important signal to send internally, that these were the kind of issues we needed to be grappling with.
water long gas
As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can't be in a position of dictating to the consumer what to buy.
thinking forever natural
When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days.
strong healthy world
One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period.
thinking america people
All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That's true in America, that's true in China, that's true in Germany.
inspiring world doe
A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.
inspiring impact people
Social obligation is much bigger than supporting worthy causes. It includes anything that impacts people and the quality of their lives .
growing-up believe top-management
One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.
data information form
It's amazing how much data is out there. The question is how do we put it in a form that's usable?
basic buddy decided program training
We decided to do it together. They have a buddy program where you go through basic training together.
evidence sorry
He just said he was sorry for what happened, ... I thought the evidence was overwhelming.
adapt business changing consumer deserve market suffer
If we don't adapt to a changing market and shifts in consumer demand, then like any business we deserve to suffer the consequences,