Q&A: Ex-Ford CEO Alan Mulally on Google, 3D printing

Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford, poses inside the 2015 Ford Mustang on the set of Good Morning America on December 5, 2013 in New York City. Former Ford CEO Alan Mulally, who led Ford's turnaround during the Great Recession, said he has stayed involved in both the automotive industry and the aerospace industry as consultant and as a member of the board for both Google and 3D printing company Carbon 3D. "It really is amazing -- the convergence between digital technology and everything that is being touched by it," Mulally told the Detroit Free Press in a rare interview. Mulally changed the culture at Ford from internal divisions and back-stabbing to a unified team that embraced Mulally's "One Ford" overhaul plan. On Thursday night Mulally will be inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in metro Detroit, along with pioneering consumer advocate Ralph Nader and Roy Lunn, godfather of the original Ford GT40. "I think his greatest achievement was the culture shift he brought to Ford," Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford said in an e-mail to the Free Press.