Tonight we bring you two examples of DC Bureaucratic hubris. The first comes from Andy McCabe and The second comes from a protest USDA employees put on during a Speech from Ag Sec. Sonny Perdue while ...

The ancient Greeks used hubris to describea personality of exaggerated pride or overconfidence. Often the hubristic person went so far as to challenge the gods, which inevitably led to that person’s ...

In golden Greece the Periclean playgoer knew by heart the Pride & Fall theme of classic tragedy. Hubris (νβÏis) was the offense of the honest but haughty mortal who thumbed his nose at the gods and ...

As the cognoscenti gather for the inaugural festivities President Bush has earned, let this space reflect on the dangers inherent in presidential second terms. They rarely work out well. More usually, ...

The Ukrainians’ response to the Russian invasion reminds us continually of the virtues of self-sacrifice, compassion and courage. But the invasion also reveals hubris in human nature – most tragically ...

Ana Reed is the CEO of Newmanity. She provides thought leadership and expertise on CEOs, executive performance and the future of work. Understanding executive hubris is crucial for companies since it ...

Strategy underlies the affairs of national leaders, including how they view and interact with other states — but what if such strategy is borne of self-deception? That’s the thrust of a novel ...

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