Purpose beyond Profit (Brett van Aswegen)

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Inspired by the fiercely customer centric practices of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Brett van Aswegen believes that the purpose of a company cannot be to make profits for shareholders... but that profit should be an outcome. Reg Lascaris delves into the brain of the South African CEO of Wonga.

8 Oct 2020 English South Africa Business

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