Comments on: GM: Epic failure of vision? Or culture? http://productvision.org/blog/gm-culture/ Articles about Product Vision and Strategy by D. Philip Haine Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:04:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Driving the new GM into the ground | The Product Vision blog http://productvision.org/blog/gm-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-4339 Driving the new GM into the ground | The Product Vision blog Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:12:04 +0000 http://productvision.org/blog/?p=346#comment-4339 [...] I wrote about the need for fundamental cultural transformation at GM.  We were cautiously optimistic that [...] [...] I wrote about the need for fundamental cultural transformation at GM.  We were cautiously optimistic that [...]

]]> By: Ford’s culture edge | The Product Vision blog http://productvision.org/blog/gm-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-3672 Ford’s culture edge | The Product Vision blog Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:18:44 +0000 http://productvision.org/blog/?p=346#comment-3672 [...] I recently wrote about GM’s failure of product vision, and its even deeper failure of corporate culture. [...] [...] I recently wrote about GM’s failure of product vision, and its even deeper failure of corporate culture. [...]

]]> By: Michelangelo Capraro http://productvision.org/blog/gm-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-3643 Michelangelo Capraro Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:29:55 +0000 http://productvision.org/blog/?p=346#comment-3643 i like this post philip! for a long time i thought that companies like GM, practicing their form of PR-heavy product-non-evolution, have survived so long because the american consumer is so easily seduced into buying their poorly-designed products. just spend a few hours in the southern part of our state, and the large, old-school, non-green GM products are everywhere. bigger is better and for a long time it works. i think we are _just_ starting to see the trend change, and its a slow change: consumers are finally being a little more critical because other brands are saving them money. its sad that that might be the predominant reason (it should be that the next few generations may have to live in bubbles!). Our culture is so easily seduced by PR that isnt even that good - GM's (as well as the other amarican car companies) lack of vision has been well-supported, heck, even encouraged by the general public for so long, what surprises me now is that consumers are just now waking up to it. our car companies lack the ability to take any risk that might actually benefit the consumer and change the way we think about cars in the states - missing a really huge opportunity to become market leaders. we really need a cultural shift towards the automobile, and that has to start with the car companies i like this post philip! for a long time i thought that companies like GM, practicing their form of PR-heavy product-non-evolution, have survived so long because the american consumer is so easily seduced into buying their poorly-designed products. just spend a few hours in the southern part of our state, and the large, old-school, non-green GM products are everywhere. bigger is better and for a long time it works. i think we are _just_ starting to see the trend change, and its a slow change: consumers are finally being a little more critical because other brands are saving them money. its sad that that might be the predominant reason (it should be that the next few generations may have to live in bubbles!). Our culture is so easily seduced by PR that isnt even that good – GM’s (as well as the other amarican car companies) lack of vision has been well-supported, heck, even encouraged by the general public for so long, what surprises me now is that consumers are just now waking up to it.

our car companies lack the ability to take any risk that might actually benefit the consumer and change the way we think about cars in the states – missing a really huge opportunity to become market leaders. we really need a cultural shift towards the automobile, and that has to start with the car companies

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