Resources
Power changes how the brain responds to others. (2013)
"By tracking participants' brains, the authors found that empathy for a colleague performing an action was high amongst ‘powerless’ people, but much lower amongst people who were ‘powerful’. Jeremy...
When does narcissistic leadership become problematic? Dick Fuld at Lehman Brothers. (2013)
"The connection between narcissism and leadership is well established.... The author argues that a single individual may at different times be both constructive and reactive Mark Stein, School of Management, University...
The social influence of executive hubris: Cross-cultural comparison and indigenous factors. (2013)
“... the social influence of executive hubris is stronger in the Chinese context than in the US." Prof. J. Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Asst. Prof. A.P.Y Tang,...
Linguistic biomarkers of Hubris syndrome. (2013)
"The researchers ..examined.. the speeches of two UK Prime Ministers said to meet criteria for hubris syndrome (Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair) and one (John Major) who did not. ...
Making It Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the men who blew up the British economy. (2013)
"How on earth had a small Scottish bank grown so quickly to become a global financial giant that could do such immense damage when it collapsed? Iain Martin -...
How Kevin Rudd’s campaign unravelled. (Australian Financial Review 2013).
"A diagnosis of ‘grandiose narcissism’ ie. hubris helped Rudd's political opponents to a landslide. A fascinating look at the Australian election and the decisive role of hubris. Pamela Williams Australian...
Science can help to spot symptoms of executive hubris. (Financial Times, 2013)
Tett, Gillian. "How can an investor tell if a bank is heading for danger? Analysts have proposed all manner of financial measures. But why not analyse the words of the...
Neuroscience may help us understand financial bubbles. (2013)
"New research suggests market bubbles are driven by a biological impulse to predict others’ behaviour ... people are more likely to overvalue assets in a bubble ... Benedetto De Martino,...
Power corrupts but it also plays with your mind: Lloyd George, Chamberlain and Thatcher all suffered from ‘hubris syndrome’. (2013)
Owen, Lord David: "British Prime Ministers such as David Lloyd George, Chamberlain and Thatcher and US President George W Bush met the clinical diagnosis of Hubris Syndrome, first described in...
Conference 2013: Clayton and Wilkins abstract. A fish out of water and temporal myopia
Clayton & Wilkins. "There is a bit of Hubris in everyone. One might wonder why that is? It can be argued that we place too much importance on the self...