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John Browne revisits the assumptions behind a life at BP

Steve Sedgwick's Executive Decisions interview pairs personal candour with the former chief executive's climate and acquisition decisions.

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Learning When to Question Your Assumptions | Former BP CEO Lord John Browne

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2:02Browne explains how his mother's survival of Auschwitz shaped her warnings against revealing secrets.
6:24The oil industry's macho culture reinforced his concealment, though a colleague later said people already knew.
11:00Writing The Glass Closet became part of Browne's advocacy for inclusion in business.
17:11Browne revisits his 1997 Stanford speech acknowledging climate risks and urging the oil industry to act.
20:04He argues that substantial energy-efficiency improvements remain commercially worthwhile.
24:35BP's Amoco acquisition reflected his conviction that the energy business needed greater scale.

CNBC International gave its two new uploads room for very different business questions: what fear does to a leader's judgement, and how a shipping crisis can reach the food bill.

The larger new audience went to "Learning When to Question Your Assumptions | Former BP CEO Lord John Browne", with roughly 2,900 views. Steve Sedgwick welcomes back someone he first interviewed about a quarter-century ago, giving the conversation a sense of shared history rather than a cold introduction.

Browne explains how his mother's experience surviving Auschwitz shaped her warnings about revealing secrets, and how he carried those lessons into decades of concealing his sexuality. He also recalls the oil industry's macho culture, including a colleague's later admission that people already knew he was gay. The business chapters turn to his 1997 Stanford climate speech, energy efficiency and the scale he sought through BP's acquisition of Amoco.

The other upload, published on Saturday, brings Fertiglobe chief Ahmed El-Hoshy together with Dan Murphy. El-Hoshy says disruption in the Strait of Hormuz threatens fertiliser supplies, with more expensive inputs potentially putting pressure on farmers and food prices.

Across the channel, weekly views reached about 299,000 while subscribers stayed unchanged. Daily viewing is moderately above its usual level. Good Work is having a much busier week among nearby-sized business channels; CNBC International's strongest individual momentum comes from its Dubai luxury-hotel interview, closely followed by Resonac's bet on materials for AI chips. Both are drawing more daily views than either of this week's new conversations.

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