Daily Archives: October 14, 2007

Neuroeconomics: Companies self-select incompetent and possibly psychopathic CEOs

October 14, 2007
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More on Mr. Icahn’s theory of how incompetent people get to be CEO . 1. Hierarchies select for Machiavellians — those who are callous and unemotional toward co-workers can succeed more rapidly than those who are empathetic toward coworkers. You get rewarded for confiscating credit and off loading blame — whereas there is no...

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