David Cole
David Cole
blow business close intent jerry perot
He's different than Perot and Smale because he does know the business and he's been close to it for a long, long time. Jerry is a disciplined guy. His intent is not to blow the place up.
confident higher japanese labor level model permanent until visible work
With what happened, I think things are on hold. This is not a permanent decision. It's in abeyance right now until they can be more confident in the work force. The Japanese model is one of a higher level of visible collaboration between labor and management.
good loyal market percent pickup shop
You have one part of the pickup market that is not going to change, but most will shop around, ... It's good to have loyal customers, but it's not 90 percent or even 70 percent.
period
It's kind of like the bluffing period is over, and the doing period has started.
audience goes hardcore holiday loyal microsoft period shelves sony testing
It may have been no big thing for Sony to give Microsoft one holiday period on the shelves to itself. But you're going to be sorely testing that loyal hardcore audience if it goes to two.
aware change cost driven everybody faces per plays problem produced profitable three vehicle
Every one of the Big Three faces a problem right now of about $2,000 to $2,500 per vehicle produced cost disadvantage. If that plays out over time, they're all dead. It's change or die. Everything is driven by a profitable business. If you can't be profitable, you can't be in business. That is, I think, recognition that everybody is aware of.
hollywood murphy oil period picking profitable tom
There was the oil issue, a lot of different things going on with policy, safety, regulatory influence, but it was still a very profitable period for G.M.. If Hollywood were picking someone to play that role, Tom Murphy would have been it.
company console either period point struggling time transition turnaround
The upcoming console transition period is a time when a struggling company can either make a turnaround or plummet to the point of no return.
dead detroit president wait washington
The president was right. If Detroit has to wait around for Washington to act, they'll be dead and buried.
complexity legacy practices tools
When you look at the complexity of the business, it's not really a surprise. There's a lot of legacy practices that need to be fractured. What they have now with e-technology are the tools to really get at it.
denied women
Why should women from Rutgers and Livingston be denied the right to participate?
believed great people
I don't think a great many people really believed that (the Delphi bankruptcy) was going to happen.
chinese consumer feels initial korean mainly quality related resistance saw
We saw resistance to the initial Korean cars, but that was mainly related to quality. If the quality (of Chinese cars) is up to snuff, if the consumer feels there's value, they'll go for it.
employees local street turned visitors
Visitors are turned off by employees who mispronounce local street names.