050 - Mickey Drexler. Creativity Is Everything, in Anything.

About this episode

Mickey Drexler discusses his unique approach to leadership and creativity in business.

Millard "Mickey" S. Drexler built Gap into a cultural brand, launched Old Navy, led J.Crew, and now chairs Alex Mill. He also spent 16 years on Apple's board — and played a pivotal role in shaping the Apple Store as we know it today. But this conversation isn't about the résumé. It's about how Mickey thinks. He leads through taste, instinct, and an obsessive attention to what a customer actually experiences. He'll tell you data doesn't design product. That most CEOs never talk to customers. T...

People in this episode

Host: Nir Hindie

Guest: Millard "Mickey" S. Drexler

Topics covered

• creativity
• customer experience
• leadership
• business strategy
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Mickey Drexler
• Gap
• Apple Store
• customer experience
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gap, Old Navy, J.Crew, Apple, Alex Mill