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Re:Ford Motor Is Replacing Mark Fields as C.E.O by harryf on Monday May 22, 2017 @02:24PM (#14395805)
Oh I hear you - I'm closer to 56 than I'd like to be (mid forties). The point is Ford apparently tries to send a signal to shareholders that they have a clue about being a real player in self driving cars and this message is odd - seems more about slowing the decline in _existing_ revenue than generating new.

While there are 62 year olds who are quite comfortable with new technology and new ways of working, required to transform and innovate, you and I both know that _on average_ the older people get, the more they struggle with change and learning new things.

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Re:Ford Motor Is Replacing Mark Fields as C.E.O by sillysaurus3 on Monday May 22, 2017 @02:57PM (#14396043)
On average, it may be true to say that certain minority groups may be more violent or less intelligent. That doesn't mean it's ok to treat them as such.

It may seem like a glib comparison, and I hope it's substantive enough that it doesn't start a flamewar. But if one person can come to see ageism as equally valid as racism, then they can teach others, who will teach others, and eventually it will no longer be a problem.

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Re:Ford Motor Is Replacing Mark Fields as C.E.O by readitagan8374 on Monday May 22, 2017 @05:25PM (#14397050)
According to Bill Ford, Jim pushed Steel Case to think about the workplace of the future! and build office stuff people want them

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/22/news/companies/ford-ceo-fiel...

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