Indra Nooyi
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And let's pour through it.
If he has any ideas that we haven't implemented in the company, let's take those ideas.
But we're not going to make big changes to the company just because Nelson said I had to make it.
We'll make it if it makes sense for this company.
And if we can keep performing at the level we're performing.
So I was clear on the company strategy.
The board was clear on the company strategy.
We listened to everything Nelson said because we have great respect for him.
So this is not about blowing off activists as terrible.
Some companies do that.
I didn't do that.
I said I'm going to treat him with respect.
Every time he wanted to meet, I met.
Any time he wanted to meet a board member, they met with him.
But every time he proposed something, we said, look, we're doing this because of the strategy, of this direction because of these trends.
If he wants to change his strategy, it's because you think the trend has changed.
Has the trend changed?
No, it hasn't.
Then if the trend is that way, that's our strategy, and we're not changing it.
Okay?