CXP Podcast - Men and Rubber

August 23, 2026

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Welcome to the CXP CEO Experience, where Christian CEOs and business owners learn faster, lead further, and build companies that create Kingdom impact. Today we are opening the Leader's Library and exploring a business classic: Men and Rubber, by Harvey Firestone. This is more than the story of a tire company. It is the story of a leader who began with a vision, faced repeated obstacles, cultivated extraordinary relationships, built a worldwide organization, and learned how to keep thinking when the pressure was greatest. For the Christian CEO, Firestone's story raises a deeply personal question: What does it take to build something that lasts? Not something that is merely successful for a season. Not a company that grows quickly but loses its values. Not an organization that depends entirely on the energy of its founder. What does it take to build a business that serves people, develops leaders, survives difficulty, and remains useful long after its beginning? That question connects with one of the Biblical Business Principles we discuss at CXP: Believe and Ask for the Impossible.