Jens Grede
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He was the chairman of Louis Vuitton or LVMH Fashion.
And he said, Jens, the secret to our success is that we always transform on the way up.
And there's a truth to that because you think how we operate is as long as it's good, we don't want to change.
And then when things plateau or trails off, human nature are optimistic.
So we go, it's a moment.
We'll be back.
We were first.
We did this first.
They will remember it.
It's going to come back.
And then it doesn't come back.
Then we start thinking about changing.
And then by the time we actually have implemented any change, things are already going down.
Who fires a CEO when a company is growing?
Almost nobody.
Sometimes maybe we should.
Well, I was unsatisfied working on behalf of everybody else.
It comes a moment in your life where you want to be the guy, not working for the guy.
I knew that in my early 30s.
However much I would build this group, in the end of the day, I was figuring out ways to sell time.