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Our first major conference marked an important step in raising public awareness of hubris and its potential for far-reaching impacts. Organised jointly by the Daedalus Trust and the Royal Society of Medicine, ‘The Intoxication of power: From neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and public life’ was held in London on 9 October 2012. The event which featured ten leading experts in diverse aspects of hubris attracted a good audience of ac...

"Power changes people. After four years in office, Obama is less empathetic. Romney lacks empathy even now, even before the immense power of presidential office takes its hold, if he wins, on his brain.   Professor Ian Robertson, holder of the Chair in Psychology at Trinity College Dublin Irish Times, 27 October 2012. Every Tuesday Barack Obama is given a set of CVs with photographs. From this list he personally...

"Blind allegiance to organizational optimism lies at the heart of many of the financial miscalculations that drove the Great Recession.. optimism tends to resemble a well-intended but addictive drug   Collinson, D., Lancaster University Management School Leadership 8(2):87-107. There is such a thing as too much positive leadership, according to this paper, which finds that a blind allegiance to organizational opt...

"Bored with watching corrupt politicians jockeying for power, ordinary Britons are feeling disconnected from politics and increasingly cynical about the back-scratching relationship between politicians and big business   Ferdinand Mount. For many years a columnist at the Spectator and then the Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times. In between, head of the Downing Street Policy Unit and then editor of the Times Literary Supplement.