{"id":2089,"date":"2012-03-05T08:31:42","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T12:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:47","slug":"why-didnt-we-listen-to-henry-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2012\/03\/why-didnt-we-listen-to-henry-ford\/","title":{"rendered":"Why didn&#039;t we listen to Henry Ford?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I delivered a program on leadership that spoke to the nature of leadership presence, our impact on others, and the importance of creating a positive climate in which others can apply their strengths and excel.<br \/>\nSidebar conversations emerged about the \u201creality\u201d that emotions are neither acknowledged nor respected in the workplace, and the only thing that gets rewarded or appreciated is the application of intellectual skills. People are neither trained in interpersonal skills nor rewarded for having them in many circumstances. There is often a complete disconnect between the reality that people are what make the organization successful and the context that the business exists only to create profits for stakeholders.<br \/>\nThe following day I came across a quote attributed to Henry Ford &#8212; the man who created the assembly line, an invention that nearly led to the extinction of the human spirit in the organization. \u00a0I have a sense that was not his intent as I read the following:<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;The smallest indivisible reality is, to my mind, intelligent and is waiting there to be used by human spirits if we reach out and call them in. We rush too much with the nervous hands and worried minds. We are impatient for results. What we need&#8230;. is reinforcement of the soul by the invisible power waiting to be used. I know there are reservoirs of spiritual strength from which we human beings thoughtlessly cut ourselves off&#8230;. I believe we shall someday be able to know enough about the source of power, and the realm of the spirit to create something ourselves&#8230;. I firmly believe that mankind was once wiser about spiritual things than we are today. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\">What we now only believe, they knew.<\/span>\u201d<br \/>\n~~ Henry Ford, <em>Detroit News<\/em>, February 7, 1926.<\/h3>\n<p>Emphasis at the end is mine. \u00a0&#8220;what we now only believe, they knew.&#8221; \u00a0So, in the early days of the modern age, we had a leader who sensed that disconnection between spirit &amp; soul versus the business world. \u00a0He called for a reinforcement of the soul and reconnection to spiritual strength.<br \/>\nWhy didn&#8217;t we listen to Henry Ford?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early days of the modern age, we had a leader who believed in the power of the human spirit.  When he created the assembly line, we embraced that as a tool that ultimately extinguished the human spirit in the workplace.  Why didn&#8217;t we listen to what else he had to say? 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