Conferences/cafés
Conference 2014 abstracts now online
Biographies of the speakers at our recent 'Leadership: Stress and hubris' conference, along with abstracts for most of their presentations, are available here: Abs and bios
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Read moreConference 2014: Andy Haldane speech – Central Bank psychology
"Simply recognising the cognitive constraints on decision-making is thus a first step towards making policy robust to them. So too is institutional design Speech given by Andrew G Haldane,...
Written by: Haldane, Andy.
Read moreConference 2014 “Leadership: stress and hubris” – Monday 17 November
A fascinating lineup of speakers is programmed for our next conference. Andy Haldane, Chief Economist of the Bank of England has now been confirmed to open the day with a keynote address....
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Read moreResearch Café 2014: Sir Bob Reid – positive lessons from recent history
"I want to be sure that we examine what has gone right, and why, as well as examine what has gone wrong.... I had the extraordinary experience in the 1960s to...
Written by: Reid, Sir Bob.
ViewResearch Café 2014: Lord Bikhu Parekh – cultural perspectives on power
"When we talk about what power does to people we need to be careful, because it all depends on how power is culturally conceived. How do people relate to power......
Written by: Parekh, Lord Bikhu
ViewResearch Café 2014: Lord David Owen – ‘binding’ leaders
"... I will deal with, ‘Structures and processes that might bind, shackle and brake democratic leaders without inhibiting their ability to give of their best’. ‘Binding’ is very important … One...
Written by: Owen, Lord David:
ViewResearch Café 2014: Ricardo Blaug introduction – Leadership, democracy and hubris
"The theme today is the nature of leadership….Lord Owen has made a very interesting remark in his book The Hubris Syndrome that one possible ‘treatment’ for hubris may in fact be...
Written by: Blaug, Dr Ricardo.
ViewResearch Café 2014 overview: Leadership, Democracy and Hubris
On 4 March 2014 the University of Westminster’s Centre for Studies in Democracy and the Daedalus Trust jointly hosted a Research Café. The event was attended by just over 50...
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Read moreConference 2014 video. Jon Snow: Charismatic leadership & the media
"Richard Branson is a handy starting point from which to try to explore the media’s involvement in this game because it is substantial. There’s no question that a lot of...
Written by: Snow, Jon.
ViewConference 2014 video: Panel discussion with media representatives on charisma v competence
“How do the media magnify charisma when it’s a good thing, and deflate hubris when it needs to be?” “I think they do it very badly…” Jon Snow (long-serving Channel...
Written by: Stern, Stefan; Toynbee, Polly; Snow, Jon.
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