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Conference 2012: programme, abstracts and bios
Materials from our conference 'The intoxication of power: From neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and public life' are now available.
The event, held on 9 October 2012, was organised by the Daedalus Trust in association with the Psychiatry Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.
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Our second conference held in Cambridge in 2013 marked “a major inroad in looking at hubris from a business perspective,” said trust chairman Lord David Owen in his concluding remarks.
“We are making good progress in building a cultural shift on the issue.”
Discussing the challenges of keeping character steady in the intoxicating environment of power, Lord Owen commented that “people in positions of authority have a special respo... Written by: zadmincafcon 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 people and was designed to discuss the following questions in an open and informal setting:
Written by: zadmincafcon 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 Written by: zadmincafcon 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.
Other speakers include Jon Snow, journalist and longest-serving presenter of Channel 4 News; Lord David Owen, former Minister of Health and Foreign Secretary, Professor Adri... Written by: zadminevents Wednesday 20 May 2015, 13.30-17.00, Rik Medlik Building, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
Hubris is excessive self-confidence, exaggerated self-belief, and contempt for the advice and criticism of others; it has played a significant role in many political, economic, technical, and environmental outcomes that have proved disastrous. Surrey Business School is bringing together some of the UK’s leading researchers into hubris... Written by: zadminevents Professor Eugene Sadler-Smith and Dr Graham Robinson, members of the our Trust’s Advisory Group, will both be speaking at the upcoming ‘Hubris in Business and Management’ symposium.
The event, hosted by Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, will be held on Wednesday 20 May 2015 in Guildford. Free of charge (although numbers are strictly limited), it is being described as “a valuable exchange of ideas on the current state-of-the... Written by: zadminnews Daedalus Trust funding is helping two Surrey Business School students pursue research into important aspects of hubris.
The studentships are part of a drive led by Professor Eugene Sadler-Smith to make the school a recognised national and international centre for research into hubris in business and management.
Vita Akstinaite will be exploring the ‘Use of Linguistic Markers in the Identification and Analysis of CEOs’ Hubris. At the sam... Written by: zcafcon “..in order to take a share in charisma, one must turn one's back on the world. This process couldn't have been more evident in the 2008 financial crisis.
Elesa Zehndorfer, author of 'Charismatic Leadership: The Role of Charisma in the Financial Markets'
BBC News - Magazine, 24 August 2015
“In June 2007, Bloomberg Markets magazine dedicated an issue ("Toxic Debt") to a 36-page special edition on the dangers of subprime mortgages - home loa... Written by: Zehndorfer, Elesa, "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 the power of love
Semir Zeki, visual neurobiologist in the Department of Cognitive Neurology at University College London.
Wiley-Blackwell
People in powerful positions who reject the idea that exercising... Written by: Zeki, Semir.
Conference 2013 overview: towards a business perspective on hubris
Research Café 2014 overview: Leadership, Democracy and Hubris
Conference 2014 abstracts now online
Conference 2014 “Leadership: stress and hubris” – Monday 17 November
Symposium: Hubris in Business and Management – book now
Advisory Group members head up free Surrey University Symposium
Trust supporting two PhD Projects at Surrey Business School. (2014)
Did big personalities worsen the financial crash? (2015)
Splendors and miseries of the brain. (2009)