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2:09 PMFinancial Times
VW chief calls for France and Germany to co-operate on China car fightback
Summary
Volkswagen chief Oliver Blume is urging France and Germany to work together as European automakers confront intensifying competition from Chinese carmakers. He argues that the two countries have previously found joint solutions when the stakes were high.
The shift is toward treating Chinese competition as a shared European industrial challenge rather than
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Europe's ability to defend its auto industry may depend on coordinated action across its largest manufacturing economies.
HHHunt names CFO Ann Kelly as next CEO in 2027 C-suite reset
Summary
HHHunt plans to name CFO Ann Kelly CEO in 2027, while current CEO Buck Hunt becomes chairman and leads a new venture. Steve Brant will succeed Kelly as CFO as part of the leadership transition.
HHHunt is choosing an internal succession plan that separates operating leadership from ownership and new-business
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The planned handoff shows how a controlled succession can retain institutional knowledge while reallocating the founder’s attention to expansion.
Twilio CEO interviews candidates for 45 minutes over dinner—and if you say ‘I’ too much or don’t ask any questions, you don’t get the job
Summary
Twilio CEO Khozema Shipchandler uses extended dinner interviews to assess how candidates listen, engage and frame their contributions. He sees excessive use of “I” and a failure to ask questions as clear warning signs.
Shipchandler is screening for collaborative judgment, not just individual achievement. Candidates who cannot show curiosity
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Interview performance now depends as much on demonstrating collaboration and curiosity as on presenting personal accomplishments.
Ancestry’s CEO says a billionaire boss taught him to eat lunch with employees in the break room—it gives him access to ‘unfiltered information’
Summary
Ancestry CEO Howard Hochhauser says executives can become trapped in an insulated leadership bubble. He uses meals in the employee break room to hear more candid views, a practice also adopted by leaders at Apple and Duolingo.
Direct contact with employees gives senior leaders information that formal reporting channels often filter out.
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Why it matters
Leaders who bypass corporate layers can make faster, better-informed decisions before frontline problems reach a crisis.