Executive Corner

How to Respond to Change: Discussing Challenges, Leadership, and the Automotive Industry with Johan de Nysschen

Episode Summary

On this episode, we discuss the biggest challenges that have existed in the last calendar year, what leadership qualities have helped Johan the most, and what to expect from the next 10 years of automotive disruption.

Episode Notes

The last year has posed a plethora of challenges for leadership teams and their organizations. With the impact of COVID-19 and the already well underway technology revolution, the automotive industry has been at the forefront of these challenges. On this episode, we sat down with Johan de Nysschen, Chief Operating Officer of Volkswagen Group of America to discuss how they've addressed and overcome these challenges.

In this episode, we dive deep into questions of how he and Volkswagen and the automotive industry have responded to the rapid change. Topics include: 

1. The biggest challenges Johan has had in his role the last several months 
2. Leadership traits and qualities have supported him the most during this time 
3. What opportunities these challenges will provide in the future 
4. How technological disruption will become more prevalent in the next 10 years 
5. What legacy brands have to do to compete with emerging companies like Tesla, Rivian and others 
6. And how consumer trends will impact the automotive industry as they continue to address the needs of transportation and mobility 

We were delighted to have Johan speak at the American Automotive Summit in 2020. You can view our first events of 2021 here:

1.  The Virtual American Biomanufacturing Summit on April 27-29, 2021
2. The Virtual American Supply Chain Summit on May 11-13, 2021 
3. The Virtual American CIO & IT Summit on May 25-27, 2021 

To find out more about our summits and Generis Group, you can head to generisgp.com/events.

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