Leadership · 21 min
The Smartest Guys in the Room
By Bethany McLean
Explore how unchecked ambition and intellectual arrogance led to Enron's catastrophic collapse. This episode dissects the psychological and cultural mechanisms that blinded 'the smartest guys in the room' to ethical boundaries, transforming innovation into deception.
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Leadership
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21 min
What it is about
enron, corporate ethics, business failure
Who it is for
Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of enron, corporate ethics, business failure and better judgment in how they apply it.
The author
Bethany McLean brings a credible and useful lens to enron, corporate ethics, business failure, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.
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