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№ 2008.001 — Ball State University — Commencement address
Angela Ahrendts
Field: business
Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts returns to her alma mater to share life lessons drawn from her career in fashion, framing her speech as a personal gift to graduates. She urges them to identify their core purpose and values, pursue their dreams while managing fear, and trust their hearts and intuition. Drawing on her own journey from small-town Indiana to leading Donna Karan and Burberry, she stresses that character and emotional intelligence matter as much as education and technology.
Key moments
- 01 Defining core purpose and core values as the foundation of success
- 02 Describing the dream phase and managing fear and insecurity
- 03 Urging graduates to listen to their hearts amid the digital age
- 04 Recounting her path from New Palestine, Indiana to leading Burberry
Transcript
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Imported from NPR commencement archive; cross-referenced with Open Commencement DB
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