#6 On Nurturing Creativity w/ Andrea Baldo, CEO Ganni

Andrea Baldo, the CEO of Ganni, is one of the most incredible CEOs I know in fashion. He truly understands the most important aspect of being a partner to a creative - Nurturing Creativity.   

In this Episode, we talk (whilst freezing in my back garden) about going against popular opinion, failure (as in don’t fail twice on the same thing) and the importance of family in your success.  

We talk about building creative ecosystems, safeguarding creatives and what he learnt from Renzo Rosso - founder of Diesel.   

WE DISCUSS:

04:20 - Andrea’s early years growing up in Italy

07:05 - How Andrea ended up in fashion

11:30 - The conditions to join Diesel

14:20 - Values and discovering what leadership is

17:20 - Process of reflection

20:28 - Andrea’s North Star - helping creatives and what he learnt from Renzo Rosso - Founder of Diesel

25:30 - Supporting / creating creative ecosystems

32:14 - Being lonely at the top, being bold

34:50 - Risky move, mistakes, hiring the wrong person

37:16 - Hardest thing about being a CEO

43:00 - Dealing with pressure

47:14 - What leadership means

52:27 - 3 pieces of advice to younger self

55:14 - Mentors and role models, Renzo Rosso and Marina Tosin

59:43 - Making an impact

01:00:50 - Behind the scenes

ANDREA BALDO:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abaldo/

University Andrea teaches at: https://www.iese.edu/

Ganni: https://www.ganni.com/ 

EPISODE #6:

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MARIA HVOROSTOVSKY:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/

Instagram: @MariaHvo - https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/?hl=en

Clubhouse: @MariaHvo - https://www.clubhouse.com/@mariahvo

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