{"podcast":{"title":"Harvard Business Review","slug":"harvard-business-review-7777387","podcast_index_feed_id":7777387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG7900701114","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/980142f0-0d9c-11f1-9b6f-b39130a8b54a/image/fd144eac00da8bd04368206590cf5ad8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"HBR","episode_count":511,"summary":"At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. We try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We encourage comments, critiques, and questions. We expect our community to be a safe space for respectful, constructive, and thought-provoking discussion. We reserve the right to remove or turn off comments at our discretion. We do not tolerate bullying, name-calling, or abusive language related to identity, including race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, age, or region; spam; copyright violation; extreme profanity; or p*rnography.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T12:22:10.972032+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387"},"episode":{"title":"Larry Fink at BlackRock: Bridging Purpose and Profit | Cold Call","slug":"larry-fink-at-blackrock-bridging-purpose-and-profit-cold-call","published_at":"2026-06-15T06:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/larry-fink-at-blackrock-bridging-purpose-and-profit-cold-call","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG5844490906.mp3?updated=1778677214","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG5844490906.mp3?updated=1778677214","summary":"Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit | Cold Call 3 Aug 2023 --- In 2014, Larry Fink started writing letters to the leaders of some of the largest publicly listed companies, urging them to consider the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Fink is the chairman and CEO of BlackRock, one of the largest asset management houses in the world. The firm’s success was rooted in its cost-effective, passive investment products that rely on tracking indices and funds. But Fink wanted his firm to engage with the companies in which they invest and hold them accountable for their social and environmental impacts. What role should investors play in urging business leaders to take ESG issues more seriously and enforcing compliance? Harvard Business School professor George Serafeim discusses the merits of Fink’s approach, the importance of corporate investments in ESG themes, and how to lead a company driven by purpose and profit in his case, “BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit,” (https://store.hbr.org/product/blackrock-linking-purpose-to-profit/120042?sku=120042-PDF-ENG) and his new book Purpose and Profit: How Business Can Lift Up The World (https://www.amazon.com/Purpose-Profit-Business-Lift-World-ebook/dp/B09831184F). This episode originally aired on Cold Call on September 20, 2022. You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2022/09/larry-fink-at-blackrock-linking-purpose-to-profit - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/larry-fink-at-blackrock-linking-purpose-to-profit/id1156646189?i=1000580060993 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bKSXbrSyRCEMIZbzzaZTa?si=90e076d3832c462f - Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/…","meta_description":"Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit | Cold Call 3 Aug 2023 --- In 2014, Larry Fink started writing letters to the leaders of some of the la…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2144,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/larry-fink-at-blackrock-bridging-purpose-and-profit-cold-call/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/larry-fink-at-blackrock-bridging-purpose-and-profit-cold-call.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}