Andrew Campbell on why good leaders do bad things

Sir Fred Goodwin pushed Royal Bank of Scotland into the ABNAmro deal.

Tony Blair took Britain into Iraq.

Lord Browne, ex CEO of BP, lied in court about where he met his boyfriend.

Matthew Broderick, head of the operations centre responsible for crises in the US, reported, 12 hours after Hurricane Katrina had flooded New Orleans, that the levees had not been breached and went home for the night.

Jo Whitehead will explain why capable leaders make these kinds of dumb decisions and asks if we can do anything to help reduce their frequency.

Jo Whitehead has been Director of Ashridge Strategic Management Centre, part of Ashridge Business School, since 2005. Previously, he was on the faculty of London Business School and a consultant at Boston Consulting Group. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, has a PhD from London Business School in business strategy and organizational behaviour and was a Fulbright Scholar.

He is co-author of “Think Again: why capable leaders make bad decisions and how to stop it happening to you.”

The event is free to all Cambridge Network Social Network members, but you need to register using the RSVP box on the right hand side.

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[Note that Jo Whitehead will be giving this talk not Andrew Campbell, but it's impossible to change the title of this post without changing the URL and breaking all the links]

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Comment by Thomas Hillas on May 15, 2009 at 8:44pm

Thursday's talk, Neil. like all the others was great. What are the chances of extending the time allowed for questions?
Thanks for organising it all.

Thomas Hillas

Comment by Mark Smith on May 15, 2009 at 9:11am

Imran, yes chjeck out the following:
Entrepreneurs on the Move 27 May - networking event at CB2 café with inspirational presentations from Cambridge Entrepreneurs who are currently setting up new ventures. http://www.cfbi.co.uk/cfbi3_files/Entrepreneursonthemove.htm

Also CU Entrepreneurs final of the £5k challenge www.cue.org.uk

Comment by Imran Raja on May 15, 2009 at 8:41am

Are there any events going on in regards to Business Enterprises around Cambridge? Does anyone know?