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Averting hubris-induced disaster by analysing language: new Daedalus Trust-supported research
Do hubristic CEOs give themselves away in the ways they speak and write? If so, language could provide valuable early warning of potentially destructive leadership. The use of ‘Linguistic Markers’...
Trust-supported research explores new hubris dimension – time.
Another research project supported by the Daedalus Trust will provide “fresh insights into hubristic leadership”, according to its recently-released Abstract. “There is little hubris research in business and management which...
Lack of empathy root of hubristic behaviour: first Trust-supported research conclusions. (2016)
“Lack of empathy” is at the root of narcissistic leaders’ hubristic behaviour, according to the first report from a range of research projects supported by the Daedalus Trust. “We wondered...
Post-grad students benefitting from Daedalus connections
“I couldn’t have gained access to the senior business leaders who were the subject of my research without the Trust's connections and support” Alongside our public work - the research we...
Surrey University Symposium review. (2015)
Business practitioners made up the majority of attendees at the Surrey Business School’s oversubscribed 20 May ‘Hubris in Business and Management’ symposium, reflecting growing ‘real world’ interest in the issue....
Advisory Group members head up free Surrey University Symposium
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...
Leadership: stress and hubris: Conference 2014 delivers fascinating insights
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...
Trust supporting two PhD Projects at Surrey Business School. (2014)
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...

Welcome to our new-look website. (2014)
If you’ve just started exploring hubris, you’re in the right place. If you previously visited the Daedalus Trust’s old site, you’re also in the right place but you'll need to...
Jon Snow and Lord Owen to speak at Conference 2014 – “Leadership: stress and hubris”.
Save the date: next conference Monday 17 November 2014. A fascinating lineup of speakers is programmed for our next conference. Andy Haldane, Chief Economist of the Bank of England has now been confirmed...