Harish Manwani: Profit’s not always the point
Harish Manwani: Il profitto non è sempre il punto importante
Harish Manwani joined Unilever as a management trainee in 1976; he is now the company's chief operating officer. Full bio
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che Milton Friedman
in modo più succinto.
the father of modern economics
things that have happened,
che sono avvenuti,
a cui assistiamo
business were brought up in
a fare affari
sono quelle
to be just innocent bystanders
semplici astanti
il loro ruolo
salvaguardare al massimo l'ambiente?
di aziende
che è imprescindibile,
"No, you're here to change lives."
"No, sei qui per cambiare delle vite".
che potrebbero essere evitate
sull'igiene e la salute
il vostro marchio,
one of our villages in India.
in uno dei nostri villaggi in India.
sua suocera e sua nuora
alla ricerca e sviluppo
some fantastic detergents,
dei fantastici detergenti,
can make a big difference.
che possono fare la differenza.
a word from the sponsors --
aziende come la mia
che afferma che
sustainable living commonplace,
diventi qualcosa di ordinario,
il mondo da soli.
abbiamo bisogno di coalizioni
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Harish Manwani - COO, UnileverHarish Manwani joined Unilever as a management trainee in 1976; he is now the company's chief operating officer.
Why you should listen
Harish Manwani is a Unilever man through and through. Having joined the company in 1976, he imagined that his time would be taken up with selling soap and soup. Not so, his then-boss told him. "You're here to change lives." It sounded far-fetched, but as the years went on and as he moved through the ranks of the corporation, Manwani began to understand his mentor's wisdom. Those words remain close to his heart even in his current role as the company's chief operating officer.
Now based in Singapore, Manwani graduated from Mumbai University and has a master's degree in management studies; he also attended the advanced management program at the Harvard Business School. He is the non-executive chairman of Hindustan Lever and a member of the executive board of the Indian School of Business.
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