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If you want to understand the cultural shift the automotive industry is going through right now, you need to look back to the year 1905.

“Get ready,” warns John McElroy, the influential journalist, and commentator who created “Autoline Daily,” the auto industry’s first news and analysis webcast. “This industry is going to see more change in the next seven years — taking us to the end of this decade — than we've seen in the last 100 years.” 

How fitting, then, that John — along with SiriusXM host and Flat Six Media CEO Jason Stein — joins this special episode of the Automotive Leaders Podcast to talk about the trends that are about to tear up long-held industry beliefs. 

Jason, who is the former publisher of Automotive News, highlights how Toyota’s Akio Toyoda’s 100-year vision is a shining example of the kind of foresight and determination the industry needs to prepare for and face these oncoming challenges.

Discussing the kind of authentic leadership the automotive industry needs, we hear wisdom from a range of top auto and business leaders, including former Campbell's CEO Doug Conant, HEVO CEO Jeremy McCool, “Godfather of EV” and former Aston Martin CEO Dr. Andy Palmer, and Volkswagen  North America’s CSMO Andrew Savvas.

Tune in to this very special 100th episode of the Automotive Leaders Podcast as Jan sits down with John and Jason to talk about the change the automotive industry is about to undergo. Be sure to listen to the very end of the episode when the guests get personal — and to hear why Jan thinks the automotive world needs more leaders like Ted Lasso.

Themes discussed on this episode: 

• The challenge of creating long-running podcasts and build a faithful listenership (with stats to back it up)
• The importance of servant leadership in a time of monumental industry change
• The uphill battle of changing a century’s worth of business processes
• The nature of EVs and what OEMs need to do to stay ahead of the game
• How company culture is trickle-down, starting with the board
• Why culture can’t change if purchasing and supply chain executives are measured by bottom-line cost results
• What the new generation of authentic leaders really need to embody to get themselves etched into the automotive Mount Rushmore
• Why there’ll be more change over the next seven years than there has been in the last century

Featured Guest: John McElroy

What he does: Journalist, lecturer, commentator, and entrepreneur, John is the influential thought leader in the automotive industry. He created “Autoline Daily,” the first industry webcast of automotive industry news and analysis. With a deep knowledge of the industry, John talks about its many facets, and remains unrivaled in his dissection of its inner workings.

On leadership: “If you don't have a motivated, dedicated workforce that comes into work every day excited to do new stuff that's going to make the product or the services that the company offers better, there's no way that you're going to compete