[Mitworld] Ted Kelly on Leadership, Charles Fine on Automotive Lightweighting in India

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 9, Number 38 |  May 19, 2010

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A Policy on Leadership
March 31, 2010

Ted Kelly walks a Sloan audience through the process of turning around a failing company. 
His formula? Develop two key things: a fact based analytical organization, and great management 
teams that value people.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/766

Speaker:
Edmund (Ted) F. Kelly PhD '70
Chairman, President & CEO, Liberty Mutual


Event Host:
MIT Sloan School of Management

"There are no sustainable competitive advantages. There are none. 
There are sustainable competitive cultures."
-Edmund (Ted) Kelly

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Automotive Lightweighting as a Strategic Opportunity for India’s Automotive Industry
March 2, 2010

Although steel has been the material of choice for many automotive components since the dawn of 
the automotive age, there is evidence that a change to lightweight intensive materials would 
bring significant environmental and economic benefits.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/767

Speakers:
Charles Fine
Chrysler LFM Professor of Management and Engineering SystemsCo-director, International Motor Vehicle Program

Richard Roth
Research Associate, Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development


Event Host:
Transportation at MIT

"I think of India as the last great virgin large market. If this doesn't happen in India, where 
can it happen?"
-Charles Fine

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In The Pipeline:

>From Relief to Reconstruction: Practical and Policy Challenges

Presented By:
MIT Sloan School of Management
Dean’s Innovative Leader Series

Speaker:
Raymond Offenheiser
President 
Oxfam America

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