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What We Don't Know with Matt Brittin & Hayaatun Sillem

What We Don't Know with Matt Brittin & Hayaatun Sillem

Boxlight Creative Studio
Uitgebracht: 2026-04-08
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Former WPP Boss on Return to Office Backlash and Doing the Right Thing

Former WPP Boss on Return to Office Backlash and Doing the Right Thing

Welcome to What We Don't Know with Matt Brittin & Hayaatun Sillem. The show about better leadership in a truly chaotic world. Across the series, episodes are hosted by Matt and Hayaatun as well as a range of other leading figures, bringing different
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Welcome to What We Don't Know with Matt Brittin & Hayaatun Sillem.
The show about better leadership in a truly chaotic world.
Across the series, episodes are hosted by Matt and Hayaatun as well as a range of other leading figures, bringing different perspectives to each conversation.
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Mark Read on Leading WPP Through Chaos: Succession, Return-to-Office, AI & Creative Culture
In this episode of What We Don’t Know, hosts Hayaatun and Matt interview Mark Read, who recently stepped down as CEO of WPP, about the realities of leading a 100,000-person global public company serving major clients like Google, Coca-Cola, Unilever, and Ford.
Mark discusses moving from head-office “pigeon” roles to running a business, following a founder with a very different style, and why succession planning enables promotion. He shares CEO disciplines like fast responsiveness, balancing urgent vs important work, and communicating at scale during COVID. He explains his controversial return-to-office policy, handling a large employee petition, and learning to engage better.
Mark also argues AI will transform work but won’t replace human judgment and creativity, illustrating with a “Fitbit on a chicken” campaign, and reflects on early-tenure decision-making, career risk-taking, and his next chapter.
00:00 Beachside Leadership Hook
00:45 Meet Mark Read
02:29 CEO Scope and Pressure
05:12 Early Career Origins
08:47 Learning by Doing
12:51 From Pigeon to Operator
15:54 Stepping Up to CEO
19:30 Taking the WPP Helm
22:39 Succeeding the Founder
26:03 Inbox Discipline and Introverts
29:08 Leading Your Own Way
30:18 Interviewing Visionaries
31:05 Elon Musk Takeaways
31:54 Showing Up as CEO
35:07 Return to Office Debate
39:25 Data Behind Attendance
40:06 Optimism in AI Era
41:52 Fit Chick Creativity Story
43:38 Building Creative Culture
46:49 Leadership Lessons Ahead
49:18 Next Chapter Plans
51:38 Quickfire Round Finale
53:42 Hosts Reflect and Wrap
Credits:
Producer: Sunny Winter
Producer: Thuy Dong
Producer: Jimmy McLoughlin OBE
Post Producer: Ben Alexander Kippen
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Releasedatum: 8-4-2026 09:00:00

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In a crazy world, how do we get better leaders? 
This is the boardroom, unplugged.
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Whether starting out, or a seasoned leader, you face a world we’ve never seen before - the future of work, politics, technology and society is harder to predict than ever. So how do we survive the uncertainty and thrive in complexity?
The successful leaders of the future will need a different set of skills and come from a broader range of backgrounds. This is for you. 
We’re by leaders, for leaders - human stories, messy realities, tips and tricks to use today… not corporate talking points or retrospective perfection. How it really felt, the stuff we don’t see, the advice and events that shaped you and the hard-won wisdom you’d pass on to future leaders.  —
What We Don’t Know is a collaboration between:
Matt Brittin CBE, Hayaatun Sillem CBE & Boxlight Creative Studio - the award winning production powerhouse behind UK’s biggest business shows.

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