Bozoma Saint John Quotes
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I think diversity and having women and people of color in key positions is really important.
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Even though society has come a long way in correcting the inequalities between men and women in the workplace, it still has to be said that women are oftentimes subconsciously playing to the gender roles which we are taught from birth.
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I love sleep so much. That's the one thing I won't sacrifice. I really cannot.
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Companies can change. Culture can change.
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At 13, I learned what it meant to walk into a room and not care what everybody thinks of you.
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I've always been a black woman in corporate America. I've faced my share of issues.
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It's very personal to me and doesn't work for everybody, but what I have found in my experience is that when I make pro and con lists, it's usually because I am trying to talk myself out of a good idea or talk myself into a really bad one.
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Part of innovation is, fake it until you make it. Keep trying things, but it's not just the random trying.
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We need better corporate environments. We need better workplaces everywhere.
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The adage is true: Walk a mile in my shoes - or drive a mile in my car. There is nothing quite like sitting in the seat yourself.
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I'm following the path that was destined for me.
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I've never taken the easy route. I don't even know what that is!
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I'm living out my dreams every day.
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When I was in the 10th grade, I decided to run for a position on the student council with the campaign slogan 'Nuthin but a Boz thang,' so you might say joining Beats Music is like coming full circle.
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We should all be allies to ideas or people or initiatives that we don't necessarily have a real knowledge in.
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The number of African Americans in Silicon Valley is dismal. It's not up to one company - it's up to the entire industry to make sure that we are moving the conversation forward. Sometimes those walls of competition need to come down so we can move the entire industry forward.
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If you are in a hiring position, hire someone that is nothing like you. We keep looking for the commonalities, but find someone with commonalities that are nothing like you.
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You can't control everything.
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Being a black woman in America and the world and in corporate situations is something to be celebrated.
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Six months after I was born, we moved to Ghana. The first five years of my life were there. In 1982, when there was a coup d'etat, my family left because the government was overthrown, and my dad was involved in politics.
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When I was growing up, the brands that were most powerful were people brands, like Michael Jackson or Madonna. They stood for something that, perhaps, wasn't wholly who they were, which then became an image that they sold. That's still a brand to me.
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I feel really proud of the work I did at Apple Music, and I don't take anything away from it that's negative at all.
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I'm bold in personality, I'm hella tall, and I'm hella black.
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I want to listen to my Apple Music on my iPhone. I also want to listen to it on my iPad. I want to play it on my Apple TV; I want to be connected everywhere I go. It fits into the puzzle of everything that is Apple, and, therefore, it should not be seen as some sort of separate entity that is trying to find its way.