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Equitable Life (showed) that the prime cause of corporate disasters is not complex derivatives or computer models gone haywire, but human frailty.   Ruth Sunderland, Mail Online, 17 October 2012 For...

"The collapsed attempt of Dick Olver and Ian King, chairman and CEO of BAE Systems, to merge with EADS is “another high-scorer on the hubris index”, writes Ruth Sunderland in...

"Human intelligence is made up of four different mental systems. None is infallible. You need a "jazz quartet of them" or the decision-making process can become unreliable and potentially dangerous.  ...

"No one would deny that chief executives have egos. In many, it is restrained and agreeable. In others, I see hubris. Self doubt, self criticism and open-mindedness don’t much feature....

There is something disturbingly compelling about reading the emails and instant messages exchanged by Barclays bankers in the process of rigging interest rates for their own gain.   Ian Leslie...

David Owen’s original 'The Hubris Syndrome' proved a lightning rod for debate on the issue in 2007. A revised edition has just been released that benefits from published memoirs of...

"Emotions triggered by decision making with unpredictable outcomes have a dynamic impact on thought processes."   Philip Lawton, author of “Middle office: managing financial institutions in turbulent times.” Published on...

"Narcissistic CEOs can be... amazingly damaging …in some cases, eventually killing their companies Eric Jackson 11 January 2012, Forbes.com …Organizational researchers may not believe that executive narcissism is of much theoretical...

"Analysing the psychological impact of power on a leader's personality, Owen points out that these people, with huge doses of daily adrenaline, are in a perpetual state of post-traumatic stress...

"Neuroscience is highly relevant to the language and process of coaching in the executive environment. And it can be used in practical and effective ways to enhance the execution of...