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At a Fast Company event moderated by Stephanie Mehta, Supergoop CEO Melis Del Rey, Bel North America CEO Peter McGuinness, and BBC Studios direct-to-consumer chief Robert Schildhouse discussed the challenges of stepping into top leadership roles. The three executives compared notes on managing employee expectations and public skepticism toward corporate leaders in the early stages of their tenures.
Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman joined a conversation moderated by Mansueto Ventures' Stephanie Mehta to discuss how design shapes business outcomes and what the future of design might look like. The session, titled 'The Business of Design—and the Design of the Future,' explored the intersection of investment strategy and design thinking.
Stephanie Mehta's Modern CEO newsletter highlights three chief executives who studied fields outside traditional business tracks, arguing those choices shaped their leadership approaches. Among them, Lyft's CEO says his major helps guard against becoming professionally obsolete.
Match Group turned to one of its own directors, Spencer Rascoff, to take over as chief executive and steer a company turnaround. The move highlights a growing trend of boards selecting insiders already familiar with the business rather than launching external searches.
Carla Vernón, chief executive of Honest Company, is running the smaller, independent consumer brand using management practices typical of large consumer packaged goods corporations. The approach is highlighted in Fast Company's Modern CEO newsletter, which examines inclusive leadership strategies from executives across industries.