Alan Mulally Quotes
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Because of the Internet of Things, we're all going to be connected.
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It's just really important that we have boundaries and guidelines to operate. Our homes, the cars, everything is going to be on the Internet. And so what are the guidelines? What do we want?
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The more senior your management position is, the more important it is to connect the organization or the project to the outside world. You know, how does this fit in with what we're doing? What is the real goal, the real mission?
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This working together is just so important: you're either working together, or you're not working together.
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What I found over the years is the most important thing is for a team to come together over a compelling vision, a comprehensive strategy for achieving that vision, and then a relentless implementation plan.
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If you have to improve your fuel efficiency every year, it leads to innovation.
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Don't manage your career. Follow your dream and contribute.
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Man, have I become a car guy!
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My career has been spent developing airplanes.
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We've always loved the automobile, and we all love Henry Ford's original vision to open the highways to all mankind, the freedom and movement.
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You can't manage a secret.
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No country is ever successful in the long term... without a really strong and vibrant manufacturing base.
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I found a new love in Google. I'm a Googler now.
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It's really important that we have an improvement curve on fuel mileage and CO2 reduction.
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Where you really get in trouble is if the market is dropping and the economy's slowing down and you don't take action.
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It was an honor to serve at Boeing on the 777.
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My favorite expression is a tag line or an advertising and marketing campaign that Ford ran a number of years ago. They ran it for almost 12 years, and it was, 'Have you driven a Ford lately?'
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It's all about competitiveness: are you making the products that people really do want and value, and are you making it more efficiently and using less resources and less time than the competition?
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With Sync technology, we're seamlessly connected to the Internet, hands-free, and able to focus on the road but also able to handle guidance and navigation and play your music.
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I drive a different car every night.
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It's all about producing products people want.
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I've been through geopolitical and economic cycles.
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Never make a joke or try for humor at someone else's expense. In a high-stakes environment, everyone needs to feel safe.
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The reason I loved working at Boeing was because I loved the idea of air travel as a way of bringing people and cultures together - because when we come together as people and cultures, we realize that we are not that different after all, and when we realize that we are not that different after all, the world becomes a better place.