TED Talks – Harish Manwani: Profit’s not always the point

You might not expect the chief operating officer of a major global corporation to look too far beyond either the balance sheet or the bottom line. But Harish Manwani, COO of Unilever, makes a passionate argument that doing so to include value, purpose and sustainability in top-level decision-making is not just savvy, it’s the only way to run a 21st century business responsibly.

Harish Manwani joined Unilever as a management trainee in 1976; he is now the company’s chief operating officer.

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