The Enemy Within The Business

Kevin Ervin Kelley, AIA
15 min readMar 25, 2020

How to deal with an executive who doesn’t want their team to win.

“The incredile teamwork required to win races.” Photo by gustavo Campos on Unsplash

Someone in my office recently recommended that I rent the movie Ford vs. Ferrari, because of its depiction of organizational interference in the innovation process.

For those who haven’t seen it, the 2019 film chronicles the real-life events behind Ford Motor Co.’s endeavor to outperform every car on the racetrack at the…

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Kevin Ervin Kelley, AIA

I’m a retail architect that studies human behavior, perception, and decision-making. I’m fascinated with the intersection of where commerce and community meet.