JEFF STERNS CONNECTED THROUGH CARS

5:26 General Motors is in a position in the market that if they made a minor mistake, they really wouldn't show up too bad. 6:06 Xerox, Kodak, General Motors. And a little agency known as US Census Bureau 9:38 Ronald Reagan, we got deeply involved in that and got to know him and his family. [He didn't want to say what he was going to be helpful to him. He wanted to say, what he knew to be true. And what he wanted to do. That was a that was a really important insight to me.] 14:04 OnStar was really quite an undertaking. 17:51 Issues at Kodak 21:40 the key element in improving the decision making process is to record the process. 23:00 assumption 24:49 a good decision takes into consideration what the expected outcome is, and then lists the assumptions that have to be made, to create that outcome, and then to measure as best you can, with the extent to which those assumptions are true. 26:38 Following World War ll, GMs factories are making you military equipment. And so therefore, after the war, since there were no new cars during the war, there was an incredible increase in demand for vehicles. 30:00 automotive companies have always had what's called decision friction between engineering push, and consumer pull 37:44 inputs that research provided for OnStar 38:39 Kodak: digital versus silver halide 41:24 Vince's latest book, A SYSTEMS THINKING DECISION MAKING PROCESS. ...key takeaways for automotive professionals making decisions? 43:15 Avoid Burnt Toast. 46:21 When the shuttle exploded...it was time to prepare the president's speech 52:57 GE was a very engineering push firm.

1:20 I stayed with Mr. Ferrari when I first joined Ferrari and he would come and have dinner with us 13:13 I've just got a shitty car 15:11 Nobody ever wrote about my first win 24:20 They were just looking for people that look natural

26:58 the Ronald Reagan ski classic at Beaver Creek. Franz Klammer joins up with us 21:09 2001 Vegas Speedway Arnage driving event (is where Derek and Jeff met) 41:47 I was 100% convinced that his head fell on my lap. I thought he got decapitated 46:45 my fastest speed was 246 mph 48:09 I didn't realize that Ford wants to buy Ferrari 51:09 the Steve McQueen movie I was flat out 53:10 About Paul Newman

4:09 visual effects industry 4:15 global advertising and PR company 4:23 film industry, television producer 4:26 created the FIREBALL RUN television series 5:33 we bought a movie ranch SCARAMANGA. I was friends with Sir Roger Moore. 7:00 One Lap of America 8:05 private CANNONBALL RUN screening party....with the stars and crew 13:27 How FIREBALL RUN got its name 17:13 Dave Sterns promoted MEET THE BEATLES 23:41 J's grandfather was a POW in Japan. Pretended to be dead to escape. 26:08 The real deterrent to war 28:46 USA military weaponry: "So advanced it's ridiculous" 30:15 Tech borrowed from aliens? 31:37 a quantifiable group of friends who are astronauts 34:58 1956, you saw black diamond fly through the sky 35:54 astronauts not allowed to talk about UFOs 36:13 RUST Baldwin Bonanza Creek (adjacent to Sanchez' Movie Ranch) stuff 54:03 what % must be GLBT to have a vote?? 58:51 DESANTIS 59:31 regarding turquoise 1:00:29 Florida life 1:03:59 daily driver was a 76 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith ll 1:08:15 My dad was a typical Hispanic dad, you know, the sparks are flying... not gonna kill you!

1:05 I was in Air Force test command, which dealt with the weapons that should even be introduced for 40 years 1:59 aliens are real 2:25 The difference between us beginning to fly and going to the moon is only 50 years well, that's just lots of Jews. 3:45 I have a quantifiable group of friends who are astronauts 4:53 Most people don't really get that the military and our government are very distinct. Congress doesn't need to know, the President doesn't need to know 6:36 Stealth fighter was shot in 1990. When you think that that aircraft maiden voyage took place? Pick a year. 1956

0:00 I raced in Brock Yates... (creator of CANNONBALL BAKER SEA TO SHINING SEA MEMORIAL DASH)... ONE LAP OF AMERICA 0:23 was brought in to bring the movie back 1:22 I got all these guys from the movie together for a private party at my house 2:40 whatever animosity was between those guys for all those years totally melted away 5:50 this time throw a purse at your wife and call her a whore 6:44 We're gonna order hot wings and get fucking wasted. But we are not leaving here until we come up with a name 7:02 Tom opens that book. Did you know there was a NASCAR legend named Fireball Roberts? 8:06 Everybody wants to see Cannonball Run. It's just never. It's never gonna happen. It's never gonna happen.

1:15 Happened at Bonanza Creek. Imogene Hughes 'the queen of the Western movie sets' was the owner a dear friend of J. Sanchez 2:25 in the business over 60 years-never had an incident 3:21 gross negligence 5:21 half the crew was sleeping on the ranch due to no time to travel to hotel 5:50 the armorer-she's going down first then it's on the AD then after that Baldwin. He can't play the 'I'm just an actor in this thing'. 6:51 he should have checked the weapon 8:40 The director is the linchpin and nobody's talking about it 9:27 they brought in it seriously under experienced armorer on a show that is going to be using shit tons of weaponry...on top of that...they gave her two other titles 10:52 this thing was bound to happen. They're cutting too many corners. This is just the most extreme. This is the most extreme thing, but something was gonna happen.

0:11 Max Sterns (Jeff's son) introduces Sam and asks a difficult question! 1:04 Was Sam arrested for crimes related to 9/11? 4:47 Auto Forecast Solutions was founded about eight years ago. "I take all the vehicles around the world and figure out how many are going to be built in every plant. We currently do about 60 countries around the world." 5:32 Manufacturers, suppliers, financial houses 6:48 Let's talk about Warren Browne 12:32 first job ended up selling cars. Sold cars for a Ford Lincoln Mercury dealer very poorly 16:47 what are the three positions of British light switch? Off, flicker and dim 17:39 owned an mg for the last 35 years 19:48 Dad got me a job auditing welfare cases in Philadelphia 21:18 Interviewed at Chilton- spent 5 years there 22:24 Jay Geils for mid 70s Ferrari emissions advice?! 27:28 and Bob Lutz? 31:39 Derek Bell on racing as a spectator 31:57 David E. Davis' advice on starting a car magazine 34:07 first writing was for GM High Tech Performance Magazine 36:20 Automotive Traveler 38:01 my dream was to write for Automobile Quarterly Magazine 40:09 first published article in 1998, for Collectible Automobile for about the Vector 41:10 I've always been into cars. My father thought of cars as appliances. 44:11 my dad pulled me aside. "You have to find other interests besides cars!" 44:55 An MG brought my Dad and I closer

1:16 5 years before GM bought Saab, the Wallenberg family didn't make any money.We were hell bent on buying because we were GM. And we could turn that baby around because of our sophisticated management and manufacturing techniques

2:27 Saab was in 123 countries. And it had two cars

3:41 the income level of a Saab owner was higher than a Mercedes owner

4:55 I said, Jack (Smith), on a good day they could sell 100,000 globally

5:29 They put the report in the wastebasket

8:04 When you'll want something bad enough you jockey the numbers and it all works except it's gotta' work in the market