Words matter. These are the best Angela Ahrendts Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I know it might sound weird, but empathy is one of the greatest creators of energy. It’s counterintuitive because it’s selfless.
Part of me is very entrepreneurial.
What we have wanted to do is build an amazing brand experience and an amazing way that people can engage with the brand.
When I became the CEO of Burberry in July 2006, luxury was one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world.
Ninety-five percent of the time, I put myself in somebody else’s position – that’s how I live.
There’s seven billion people on the planet. It’s not about you.
The more technologically advanced our society becomes, the more we need to go back to the basic fundamentals of human communication.
All I have are my instincts. They’ve never failed me.
Work has never really been work for me. It’s been a natural extension of my life.
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.
I have learned to feel my way through life, personally and professionally.
People love to talk about themselves.
If you can’t control everything, you can’t control anything, not really.
I think that the larger and more complex the business gets, I have to listen twice as much as I speak.
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.
Just because you’re a luxury brand doesn’t mean you have to have an attitude.
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.
We value feeling over knowing, because you can’t prove something that hasn’t been done before.
Whether it’s countries or companies, it’s about putting the best person in the job who can unite people and create value.
Just put the best person into the job.
If I look to any company as a model, it’s Apple. They’re a brilliant design company working to create a lifestyle.
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.
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.
Online, offline, it’s gotta be the same.
I don’t want to be a great chief executive without being a great mum and a great wife.
At Apple, we believe that people with passion can change the world.
You have to create a consistent brand experience however and wherever a customer touches your brand, online or offline. The lines are forever blurred.
It is one of the most important parts of my job, showing that you can’t do it all.
Forget luxury; as a great company you have to keep evolving.
I’m not shy, but I have a job to do. I don’t need the notoriety.
I know who I am. I know what I love.
I’ve never gone to the Oscars because I can’t afford another week away. It is not more important than my husband. It is not more important than my kids.
Think of energy almost like emotional electricity. It has a powerful way of uniting ordinary people, their connected spirit, to do extraordinary things.
We all control our careers. Those choices that you make are so critical.
‘Balance’ is a really big word for me.
Everyone in the world should have a trench coat, and there should be a trench coat for everyone in the world. It does not matter your age; it doesn’t matter your gender.
Great design… you won’t have a business today without great design.
I have learned to listen and to hone my instincts to be perceptive and be receptive to change, to constantly live in ambiguity.
I work through teams. It’s the only way I know how to work.
The sign of a great leader is knowing what you know and knowing what you don’t know.
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.
In luxury, ubiquity will kill you – it means you’re not really luxury anymore.
Trust your instincts and emotions.
I always say that my job is not to think about today. My job is to look around the corner and feel and see what’s coming, and then warn everybody else.
The thing is, I don’t want to be sold to when I walk into a store. I want to be welcomed.
