Zitat des Tages von Angela Ahrendts:
In an era of social everything, we want to spark possibility and opportunity in the creative arts, in real life, person to person.
Work has never really been work for me. It's been a natural extension of my life.
An influencer, to me, is someone who shares their journey - the ups and downs - and their approach to their craft or the spark that ignites a new interest allowing people to do more and go further.
I know who I am. I know what I love.
At Apple, we believe that people with passion can change the world.
Ask questions; don't make assumptions.
You're going to see relationships with technology across anything that's brand. I don't care if that's in home or what you wear. I just think it's a new fact of life.
People talk about the age and positioning of a brand, but hell, it's not about that. The global language is digital, and we need to speak the language.
I have learned to listen and to hone my instincts to be perceptive and be receptive to change, to constantly live in ambiguity.
Burberry was about building a relationship. But it was always about selling an amazing product that you would have forever. Apple is just a deeper relationship with a much broader constituency. Because it's everybody.
Just put the best person into the job.
Great brands and great businesses have to be great storytellers, too. We have to tell stories - emotive, compelling stories - and even more so because we're nonfiction.
From the store windows, the store touch-points, the website, social media, or a magazine, it has to be one pure customer experience, not just to gain market share but to gain mind share.
Think of energy almost like emotional electricity. It has a powerful way of uniting ordinary people, their connected spirit, to do extraordinary things.
The luxury customer is increasingly global and increasingly mobile. Their brand journey is not linear. They might browse online and purchase in store, or vice versa.
The basis for all human relationships and where we derive our greatest strength and power, trust is single-handedly the most powerful source of positive energy and, once in place, unlocks a freedom and peace to explore.
The main objective - our soul is our people. And our job is to enrich their lives, change the world. And so I think that's the bigger pressure you put on yourself.
Trust your instincts and emotions.
Don't stop. Don't slow down. Keep focused.
I think if I'm guilty of anything, I'm guilty of always being incredibly focused on the task at hand. So wherever I've worked, I've just always tried to do my best, achieve my best, build a great team around me.
The thing is, I don't want to be sold to when I walk into a store. I want to be welcomed.
I don't want to be a great chief executive without being a great mum and a great wife.
I think that the larger and more complex the business gets, I have to listen twice as much as I speak.
It is not about gender, it is about experience, leadership, and vision.
Just because you're a luxury brand doesn't mean you have to have an attitude.
I was raised in a small town in Indiana and educated at Ball State University.
You have to realise that I am the third out of six children, and I am raised with very strong core values and a very strong upbringing. I always put myself in other people's shoes.
There's seven billion people on the planet. It's not about you.
'Balance' is a really big word for me.
The sign of a great leader is knowing what you know and knowing what you don't know.
Intuition is the wisdom formed by feeling and instinct - a gift of knowing without reasoning... Belief is ignited by hope and supported by facts and evidence - it builds alignment and creates confidence. Belief is what sets energy in motion and creates the success that breeds more success.
I have always admired the innovation and impact Apple products and services have on people's lives and hope in some small way I can help contribute to the company's continued success and leadership in changing the world.
Technology has given us access to the world and its sea of content, allowing us to never speak to another person if we don't want to.
It's not unusual for a luxury company to be born from a single product and then diversify. Louis Vuitton began with luggage, and Gucci with leather goods.
Computers and smart devices are among the greatest intellectual gifts ever created for man but, if not balanced with human contact, may offer little to develop one's heart.