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SUMMARY:Jo Whitehead on Why Good People Do Dumb Things - Jo Whitehead
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CONTACT:Rahul Vohra
DESCRIPTION:Sir Fred Goodwin pushed Royal Bank of Scotland into the ABN Am
 ro deal.\n\nTony Blair took Britain into Iraq.\n\nLord Browne\, ex CEO of 
 BP\, lied in court about where he met his boyfriend.\n\nMatthew Broderick\
 , head of the operations centre responsible for crises in the US\, reporte
 d\, 12 hours after Hurricane Katrina had flooded New Orleans\, that the le
 vees had not been breached and went home for the night.\n\nJo Whitehead wi
 ll explain why capable leaders make these kinds of dumb decisions and asks
  if we can do anything to help reduce their frequency.\n\nJo 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 MB
 A from Harvard Business School\, has a PhD from London Business School in 
 business strategy and organizational behaviour and was a Fulbright Scholar
 .\n\nHe is co-author of “Think Again: why capable leaders make bad decis
 ions and how to stop it happening to you.”\nJo will be speaking at Robin
 son College at 6pm on June 10th. The event is free\, but you need to regis
 ter at http://cambridgenetworksocialnetwork.ning.com/events/andrew-campbel
 l-on-why-good
LOCATION:Robinson College\, Grange Road\, Cambridge CB3 9AN
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