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1...Ed did not indicate how Ford is helping S&C.
CONTACTS
SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Sales, Contacts
Ford Motor (S&C Ford); Locate Decision Maker
Ford Motor, Victor Leo
0705 - ..
0706 - Summary/Objective
0707 -
070701 - Follow up ref SDS 15 0000, ref SDS 13 0000.
070702 -
070703 - Called Ed 313 446 8473 322 3000 (general)
070704 -
070705 - Communciation Metrics Can Help Ford But No Budget to Improve Earnings
070706 -
070707 - Ed said he talked to his boss about SDS.
070708 -
070709 - His boss feels SDS could be helpful, confirming Ed's review on
070710 - 960122. ref SDS 13 0989
070711 -
070712 - [On 960220 received a copy of letter from Ed to Vic saying Ford
070713 - sees no role for Com Metrics. ref SDS 16 8649]
070714 -
070715 - Ed's boss advised him that this is not a good time for their group,
070716 - the Process Consulting Team in the Ford Customer Srevice Division, to
070717 - take on a new initiative because of lowering budgets, which Ed also
070718 - noted in our discussion on 960122. ref SDS 13 8572
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070721 -
070722 - Ford Has Not Provided Support to S&C Using an Alternate Initiative
070723 -
070724 - Ed advised he has just returned from a trip to the West Coast, but he
070725 - was in San Diego and so did not get a chance to visit with Charles
070726 - Mori at S&C.
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070728 - He has not had time to propose an initiative his group is pursuing,
070729 - that might help S&C solve the daily difficulties of information
070730 - overload evidenced by the record on 951031, ref SDS 6 0896, which led
070731 - S&C to contact Ford on 951206 about management process improvements.
070732 - ref DRP 6
070733 -
070734 - Ed did not indicate how Ford is helping S&C.
070735 -
070736 -
070737 - ..
070738 - Ed Assists Promote Com Metrics at Ford
070739 -
070740 - I asked Ed for help contacting Victor Leo who is with Ford and also
070741 - supports the MIT Center for Organizational Learning, per work on
070742 - 960206. ref SDS 13 9866 I read the description of Victor's paper in
070743 - MIT's catalog. ref DRP 7 9622
070744 -
070745 - Ed feels Victor's paper reflects ideas in the New World Order paper
070746 - and Communication Metrics, which he and his boss have indicated can
070747 - help Ford. ref SDS 0 0001
070748 -
070749 - He looked up and found Victor is located at:
070750 -
070751 - Ford Motor Company
070752 - Executive Development Center, 38th Floor
070753 - 300 Renaissance Center
070754 - Detroit, MI 48243
070755 -
070756 -
070757 -
070758 - Plan of Action to Support Ford Executive Development Center
070759 -
070760 - Ed will submit to Victor my letter, ref DIP 2 and the earlier letter
070761 - to S&C which was sent to Ed, ref DIP 1. He notify Victor that I will
070762 - contact him about supporting the work at the Executive Development
070763 - Center.
070764 -
070765 - [On 960222 received a copy of letter from Ed to Vic saying Ford
070766 - sees no role for Com Metrics. ref SDS 16 8649]
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0709 -
0710 - 1142 called Victor Leo 313 446 8068
0711 -
071101 - His voice mail gives his name as Vic.
071102 -
071103 - Left message for Leo to call on being a speaker for PMI event and also
071104 - that Ed Pritchard will be sending him some stuff.
071105 -
071106 -
071107 - ..
071108 - Ford Executive for Possible Speaking Engagement at PMI
071109 - Notified Vic Leo about Reviewing Communication Metrics
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0712 -
0713 -
0714 - 1253 called Vic back
0715 -
071501 - Followed up work seeking replacement to Brusman to speak at PMI, per
071502 - work on 960211. ref SDS 14 0023
071503 -
071504 - I mentioned discussions with Ed above, that Ed is submitting
071505 - information on Communication Metrics for Vic to review for applying
071506 - his efforts to improve management at Ford. ref SDS 0 6822
071507 -
071508 - [On 960220 Vic was unable to grasp Com Metrics. ref SDS 16 9785]
071509 -
071510 - I explained the PMI event and need for speaker with Vic's expertise to
071511 - explain the need for new work discipline.
071512 -
071513 - Vic says he is taking his family to Europe this summer.
071514 -
071515 - He does give talks like the PMI event, but oriented toward the Ford
071516 - story on using learning organization ideas.
071517 -
071518 - He is trying to leave July open for the trip to Europe, but if that
071519 - does not materialize, he might be able to do the PMI event. I
071520 - explained my sense that the ideas we want him to present at PMI are
071521 - related to his work at Ford on organizational learning, per his paper
071522 - reported by Peter Senge reviewed in the record on 960206. ref SDS 13
071523 - 9866
071524 -
071525 - Vic said he is very busy.
071526 -
071527 - He is a facilitator for learning ideas to support two groups. He
071528 - feels there isn't enough time to review new ideas he encounters that
071529 - could improve Ford earnings.
071530 -
071531 - I submitted the PMI event agenda and the discussion with Intel.
071532 -
071533 - [On 960220 followed up. ref SDS 16]
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