The Intoxication of Power ─ Interdisciplinary Insights

Leadership Hubris has been blamed for the failures that arose in the wake of the second Iraq war and the global economic crisis that followed the banking bail-outs between 2008 and 2010. The Intoxication of Power, with a Preface by Lord David Owen, is a collection of contributions from thirteen authors who are business leaders, neuroscientists, psychologists and others from various academic disciplines who share a concern for the development of understanding of the nature, origins of leadership hubris and of ways in which its negative consequences might be mitigated. The book originated from discussions and papers presented at conferences held by the Daedalus Trust, an educational charity fostering interdisciplinary research into hubris and other challenges to organizational well-being.

Peter Garrard is reader in neurology at St George's, University of London, UK. In the past he has held positions as senior lecturer at University College, London and reader in neurology at the University of Southampton. He specialises in neurological disorders, particularly neurodegenerative dementia, cognitive disorders, progressive language disorders, early onset dementia and frontotemporal dementia.

Graham Robinson is Visiting Senior Fellow at Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, UK. With professional experience as a senior manager and director in two multinational IT companies, and as Director of a professional organisation and management development practice; Graham is now a Director of the Society for Organizational Learning and a founder member of the Daedalus Trust, an educational research charity fostering research into the nature and origins of 'hubris syndrome' on the part of some organisations and their leaders.