Bozoma Saint John

As a first-generation American, my parents expected that I would go on to have pretty tactical higher-education-type jobs - doctor, lawyer, engineer. Those were the three options. My dad was not at all open to the idea that there would not be a higher education in my future. ”

We're complex human beings. I can wear a leather dress and still have an 8-year-old and wipe up the eggs that are on her face. ”

I think it's interesting how you can associate a creative brand with a human being and use some of the good qualities of the human being and make it like a really tangible product that a lot of people can love. ”

Human curation allows you to have the emotion and feel music, because it is a very emotional thing. It makes you feel happy; it helps you when you are feeling sad, gets you pumped up, calms you down. ”

There's no more exciting moment for me as a brand strategist than a turnaround. ”

It's important to be an ally. You don't have to be a black woman to think we should have more black women in tech. ”

I think women have a unique talent for being able to see the forest and the trees at the same time. ”

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. ”

Bring your whole self to work because, that way, you can bring full ideas and the wholeness of your unique abilities. ”

Bringing your whole self to work is the mantra for me as I sit in my office and do the work, and it's also the mantra as I look out at the community that I'm trying to brand for Uber. ”