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Call for research proposals. (2014)
The Daedalus Trust is offering enabling funding for innovative and interdisciplinary research into hubristic behaviour across many areas of human activity, particularly business. The deadline for proposals is 15 April 2014....
Trust makes £50,000 available for research. (2014)
Researchers in neuroscience, business and management and social sciences are being invited to apply for a share of £50,000 in enabling funding available now from the Daedalus Trust. Submissions are...
Could the 10 year illness be afflicting Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan? (2013)
"Power and success are two of the biggest brain-changing drugs known to mankind and no human being’s brain can survive unchanged such large infusions of these two drugs. Erdoğan’s response...
The sweet spot between hubris and humility. (2013)
"When the founder of Intel was asked how it felt being called the “Father of Silicon Valley” he responded, “It makes me a little proud and a little humble.” There is...
Alex Ferguson is an alpha-male primate and this is why he was a great manager. (2013)
"The more successful he became, the bigger the egos he had to deal with among his millionaire players. Success, like power, is a strong drug which inflates egos and can...
The truth behind testosterone: why men risk it all. (2013)
On days when London City traders made above-average profits, their testosterone levels went up. At the same time, cortisol levels were sensitive to the volatility in the market, which is...
How power transforms the presidential brain. (2012)
"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,...
When political madness works. (2012)
"Kennedy, Roosevelt, Gandhi and Churchill all suffered various types of depression, bipolar syndrome or hyperactive manias. But instead of being a handicap, these “problems”, when kept under some control, helped...
Chief execs should take psychological tests, says Equitable Life boss Wiscarson. (2012)
Equitable Life (showed) that the prime cause of corporate disasters is not complex derivatives or computer models gone haywire, but human frailty. Ruth Sunderland, Mail Online, 17 October 2012 For...
BAE Systems chiefs failed the hubris test. (2012)
"The collapsed attempt of Dick Olver and Ian King, chairman and CEO of BAE Systems, to merge with EADS is “another high-scorer on the hubris index”, writes Ruth Sunderland in...