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On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…
We are moving to electric vehicles no matter what the current president thinks.
My first guest is Mike Colias who is a Wall Street Journal reporter and veteran of the US automotive beat. He is based in Detroit, where he has covered General Motors for fourteen years and, five years ago, added Ford to his duties. With access to all the key players in the automotive industry, he has tracked the transition to electric vehicles from its earliest days
We discussed:
- How will the second Trump administration affect EV development in the US?
- Donald Trump and Elon Musk are newly minted BFFs—what will this mean for EVs in the US?
- How are some of the ways Elon Musk and Tesla schooled the established auto industry worldwide?
- Tesla’s success is based on so much more than its electric power train. Mike explains how.
- How has the established auto industry lost the advantage to startups in the EV marketplace?
- Is the rise in popularity of EVs changing the face of manufacturing in the US?
- What’s behind the slowdown in EV sales growth in the US?
- How is China’s dominance in EVs affecting the global auto industry?
We all know that family businesses are the most common form of a business in the world. But how do they thrive during turbulent times either caused by the economy or by something going on in the family?
Devin DeCiantis is the Managing Partner at Lansberg Gersick Advisors (LGA), a trusted advisory and educational partner to the world’s leading family enterprises. He is the author of “The Enduring Enterprise: How Family Businesses Thrive in Turbulent Conditions” with LGA co-founder Ivan Lansberg. His writing has also been featured in the Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, and The Walrus.
We discussed:
- What inspired you to write this book? Why is it a critical read for all business leaders today?
- As the world’s most advanced economies increasingly experience structural shocks, environmental disasters, market failures, and greater uncertainty, what can enterprising families teach leaders about navigating crises with skill and confidence?
- What can family enterprises teach all leaders about the importance of investing internally in stability to avoid catastrophe?
- The book explores the entrepreneurial histories of some of the oldest companies in the world, which also happen to be family-run businesses, including Japan’s Kongo Gumi, Kikkoman and others. It also explores well-known companies that some may not recognize as family businesses, like Ikea and Samsung, that began as family-owned businesses. What are some of your favorite lessons from the organizations you’ve studied?
- How can all leaders and organizations leverage a “frontier mindset” to build and sustain an enduring enterprises?
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