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“The key for executives is to start thinking about their vulnerability to hubris before it sets in, giving them time to understand what scenarios could increase that vulnerability and what...

“Last month, I attended a conference …., which considered the question of leadership under stress and suffering from hubris. It was a fascinating day.   Stefan Stern, Writer on Business, Politics...

"The Tesco crisis may not match the BP and RBS disasters for impact, but there are parallels. The story involves corporate hubris, poor governance, private jets, perverse incentives – and...

“… the closeness of organizational identities in twin organizations may lead to increased rivalry, narcissism and a tendency for greater risk-taking and vulnerability. Prof Mark Stein, Chair in Leadership and...

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

“Leaders can do enormous harm if they do not sustain an awareness of the dangerous psychological states it is so easy to be sucked into as a leader   Erik...

"Simply recognising the cognitive constraints on decision-making is thus a first step towards making policy robust to them. So too is institutional design   Speech given by Andrew G Haldane,...

How the Bank of England structures policy making to counteract hubris and other biases, and a proposal to limit UK Prime Ministers’ terms were among the highlights of a fascinating Daedalus...

"new research examines the effects of greed on shareholder wealth and looks at whether various contextual factors, like a strong board of directors, CEO tenure and discretion make the situation...

“…offers managers a practical and systemic approach to diagnose leadership issues in their organisation, then provides an implementation process…” Professor Vlatka Hlupic, University of Westminster; also London Business School and...