When Alan Mulally arrived at Ford Motor Company in 2006, the automaker's problems were no secret. Like everybody else, the new CEO could see that Ford had too many unrelated brands, too little commonality across its car models, too many financially troubled suppliers and dealers, and too much reliance on big SUVs and trucks. But Mulally also saw that no one at Ford was addressing those issues. People were stuck in a rut. They weren't making and executing the important decisions.