Resources
Leaders, self-confidence, and hubris: what’s the difference? (2010)
“Success can spell disaster for a leader. On the surface, this makes no sense. M. Kerfoot, Vice President/Chief Clinical Officer, Aurora Health System, Milwaukee, WI; Nursing Economic$ Editorial Board...
The Icarus Syndrome: a history of American hubris. (2010)
"Hubris is an affliction born of success and, therefore, one to which western societies, the USA in particular, are especially prone. In dazzling color, he portrays three extraordinary generation" ...
How Power Corrupts: cognition and democracy in organisations. (2010)
"Drawing on the history of political ideas and current research on the nature of power, Blaug shows that corruption affects both elites and subordinates, and that its symptoms are best treated...
Fool’s Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe. (2010)
"In the mid 1990s dozens of JP Morgan bankers gathered for a legendary meeting to assess the possibility of building a business around the new-fangled concept of credit derivatives. Gillian...
How They Blew It: the CEOs and Entrepreneurs Behind Some of the World’s Most Catastrophic Business Failures. (2010)
"These people did something remarkable - they built huge business empires worth billions. Then they all did something unbelievable - they managed to lose it. They had it, now they don't. ...
Destructive leaders and dysfunctional organizations: a therapeutic approach. (2009)
“…explores the damaging effects of destructive leadership on organizations and provides the tools necessary for early recognition, assessment, and treatment. Alan Goldman, Professor of Management, Arizona State University. Published...
Splendors and miseries of the brain. (2009)
"People in powerful positions who reject the idea that exercising their power changes their brain’s neurobiology would do well to reflect on Zeki’s work illustrating the vulnerability of brain chemistry to...
Cognitive archaeology: uses, methods and results. (2009)
".. authors have used retrospective analysis to describe preclinical linguistic decline in written texts and spoken language samples. This paper reviews the methods available for classifying and comparing such samples, and presents...
Second-to-fourth digit ratio predicts success among high-frequency financial traders. (Jan 2009)
"The second-to-fourth digit length ratio ... predicted the traders’ long-term profitability as well as the number of years they remained in the business. 2D:4D also predicted the sensitivity of their profitability...
A note on trader Sharpe ratios. (2009)
"Financial traders are assessed by how much money they make per unit of risk taken, known as the Sharpe Ratio.. a population of experienced traders attain Sharpe Ratios significantly higher than the...