What Negotiating With Putin & Gaddafi Taught Me About Leadership | Lord John Browne

What Negotiating With Putin & Gaddafi Taught Me About Leadership | Lord John Browne

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May 30, 2026 · 1h 7m

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Lord John Browne discusses his experiences in leadership, engineering, and negotiation.

Lord John Browne on Engineering Thinking, Leading BP, Climate Risk, Negotiating Putin & Coming Out in Business | What We Don’t Know Welcome to What We Don't Know with Matt Brittin & Hayaatun Sillem. Matt Brittin is the former President at Google EMEA. After 18 years at one of the world's biggest companies, he stepped down, took a gap year, and recently became the Director General of the BBC. Dr. Hayaatun Sillem spent a few years leading the Royal Academy of Engineering and was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. This is the show about better leadership in a truly chaotic world. Across the series, episodes are joined a range of other leading figures, bringing different perspectives to each conversation. Subscribe to not miss an episode! ▶️ ⚡️ Powered by Boxlight.io https://www.boxlight.io/ ------ In this episode of What We Don’t Know, Hayaatun and Matt sit down with Lord John Browne. He discusses how he describes himself as a businessman, author, and above all an engineer, explaining how engineering training shaped his systematic approach from writing to boardrooms and science. He reflects on childhood habits of dismantling clocks, the importance of proper tools…

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Hosts: Matt Brittin, Hayaatun Sillem

Guest: Lord John Browne

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