Indeed, Kruythoff argues, long term thinking and the determination to fulfill a purpose greater than profit alone are at the core of Unilever's self-concept.
Whereas you might achieve a goal or complete a strategy, you cannot fulfill a purpose; it's like a guiding star on the horizon forever pursued but never reached.
The fish play "a very critical structural role in the maintenance of the reef" — fulfilling a purpose, Dr. Knowlton suggested, that may make them better suited to living with the ocean's corals than dwelling inside a home aquarium.
I'm looking for still that reason that I bought a guitar and started a band, to fulfill a purpose, to manifest destiny as to who I am and why I am the way I am, and what I do.
Human conduct, insofar as it is rational, is generally explained with reference to ends or goals pursued or alleged to be pursued, and humans have often understood the behaviour of other things in nature on the basis of that analogy, either as of themselves pursuing ends or goals or as designed to fulfill a purpose devised by a mind that transcends nature.
For the moment though, grand Obamaesque gestures of diplomacy fulfill a purpose.
Unlike AIBO, the NSK robot is designed to actually fulfill a purpose one day: serving as a guide dog for blind people.
Barth's immense leadership success is based in fulfilling a purpose, world-class innovation, influential thought leadership, winning talent alignment, executional excellence, continuous improvement, and serving others.
Nāgārjuna's account of epistemology is supposed to fulfill a purpose both at the object- as well as at the meta-level.
Kanban teams often do not estimate issues, because estimates do not deliver customer value and therefore do not fulfill a purpose.
