“As you’ll know from my earlier posts, I firmly believe in following your intuition, especially in relation to the most important decisions in your life,” Angela Ahrendts, Burberry CEO and incoming Apple VP of Retail, writes on LinkedIn.
“When I joined Burberry in 2006, it was not without a lot of reflection – I had an incredible role and a fantastic team in New York, and family life was finally beginning to show some semblance of balance. The idea of uprooting our lives to move to London demanded a lot of soul searching and over months of consideration I thought it over so much I realized I was in danger of losing touch with how I truly felt about the opportunity,” Ahrendts writes. “In the final analysis I realized my truest guide would be my intuition – which told me I would have the greatest partner in Christopher Bailey and that together we could build the company we always dreamed of working for.”
“My instincts didn’t let me down, and my time as CEO of Burberry has without question been the most rewarding period of my professional life,” Ahrendts writes. “As I prepare to start a new chapter in my career, I have had much cause to reflect on what our global teams have achieved these past eight years in creating not only a great brand, but a really great company. Because for me Burberry’s true success is measured not by financial growth or brand momentum, but by something much more human: one of the most connected, creative and compassionate cultures in the world today, steeped in common values and beliefs, and united around a shared vision. Today, I can honestly say that Burberry is the company I had always dreamed of working for.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Morris” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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Today, I can honestly say that Apple inc. is the company I did not know that I had always dreamed of working for until I started working for it. The reality of the dream blew all the other dreams away so far so that I could not help but realize that there are dreams, and then THERE ARE DREAMS! 🙂
Apple inc. The impossible dream that makes itself possible!!!
She seems like a really good fit for Apple. She already embraces similar ideas about what makes a company great.
Please, no gay iOS 7 like icons and thin hard to see text for the Apple Store. Realise that intuition does not equal fevered dreams.
*Takes away dead horse beating stick*
Snore!
For iOS7: 50 million
Against: 50
Get over it. They’re not going back to iOS 6.
And also – what Rorschach said.
Dude, you know that you control thin, hard to see text. As for the icons, if you don’t like the color, invert the colors.
Your attacks may have some effect in European forums, but you are a failure in English-speaking forums. Your payments will be greatly diminished after your bosses decide you hindered, not helped, their efforts to smear Apple. I tell you this for your own good.
Expectations are high, pundits will be watching, the long knives will be out.
Welcome aboard, Angela!
Legio, by insisting on using the term ‘gay’ in a pejorative fashion to express your juvenile dislike of a computer operating system, you just look like a complete fuckwit.
Seriously. The guy’s such a retard.
Gay meant happy and joyful in this case, I suspect. (but he still is a DIP switch with all zeros clicked in.
A lady with CLASS, Pure Class and Excellence, and with Vision too!
I don’t read that from the article. I am disappointed that Angela doesn’t appreciate the profit making aspect of a business. Her vision is nothing but air and frivolous mental meandering. Steve Jobs put his money where his mouth was. This tart doesn’t seem to understand the essence of Jobs’ passion AND commitment.
Yes. I’m interested to see what she can do at apple!
Angela, please move the Apple stores in malls in the USA into bigger spaces… you can’t turn around in most of them… I love the Apple stores but almost dread going into one because of the elbow to elbow crowds, and that is not on the weekends… More stores in the USA or bigger spaces and soon. I know world wide growth is important, but the good ole American public would like a little attention too.
Here here
Apple loves the profit per square foot statistic. Don’t expect more elbow room, Apple has a dedicated cadre of bean counters that worship this quotient.
Legio,
Increase the contrast and change the font settings to BOLD — iOS 7 should be more to your liking after making those changes. Yes, I prefer the look of the iOS 6 icons over iOS 7 but the improvements in the newer operating system far outweigh the look of the icons.
This Skank will wind up where that other moron went
What’s that sound? Ah yes… the sound of knuckles dragging on the ground.
There’s an old word that suits X quite well: smellfungus (See also The Urban Dictionary.)
A lot of warm air – now we know she can talk the talk, but …?
As an individual with a lot of Apple stock, I want her to be wildly successful with the Retail Operation. But I’m a little uneasy about her approach and philosophy. I would like more facts and analysis, much less touchy feelie and intuition.
Remember: the public persona is for the media to digest and regurgitate. The actual manager couldn’t have been too guided by intuition or she wouldn’t have succeeded at Burberry.
the purpose of a capitalist company is to make money
Gee, really?
Well, at least he didn’t say something even stupider. e.g. “The purpose of a capitalist company is to increase shareholder value”, which is of course the dumbest idea ever put forth. Which is why most MBA’s lap it up, because it requires absolutely zero brainpower to spout off that concoction within the midst of a bunch of other business-speak soundbite drivel.