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"...simple transformations of texts ... can expose unseen information reflecting a writer’s cognitive status, mental life, and even personality... Peter Garrard, neurologist and neuroscientist at St George's Hospital Medical School, London....

"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...

"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......

"... 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...

"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...

"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...

“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...

"I should start with one of the most charismatic politicians of the 20th Century, Franklin D Roosevelt. He was not a consensual figure; he knew how to hate… he was...

"Derailers in organisations are inevitable and their impact increases as they move up the career ladder. At the same time, counter-balances decrease; there is no-one contradicting or advising people as...

“Approach and avoidance are fundamental human urges – approaching things we need, like food or sex, and avoiding things that will destroy us. ….The ‘approach’ system of the brain is...