April 2008

The Warren Buffet CEO – Tom Murphy Interview

April 29, 2008

Thomas “Tom” Murphy (Capital Cities/ABC), HBS 1949, joined a small television station in upstate New York after graduating from HBS. Over several decades, and as a result of many brilliantly crafted deals, he gradually built the telecommunications empire Capital Cities. In 1985, Tom engineered the purchase of ABC with the backing of his long-time friend [...]

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Charles Brandes (March 28, 2006) – Videoconference

April 24, 2008

Download Video Mr. Brandes is the founder and managing partner of Brandes Investment Partners LP, an investment advisory firm serving institutional and private clients, which he founded in 1974. Mr. Brandes is Chairman of the firm’s five-member Executive Committee where he shares responsibility for driving strategic decisions and monitoring implementation of the firm’s vision and [...]

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Walter J. Schloss (February 12, 2008) – Videoconference

April 18, 2008

Download Video “Mr. Schloss started on Wall Street in 1934, at the age of 18, in the midst of the depression (working for Loeb Roades, then called Carl M. Loeb & Co). During the late 1930’s, Schloss took courses from Benjamin Graham at the New York Stock Exchange Institute. He was in good company. His [...]

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Former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Leadership

April 8, 2008

‘A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failure’ “……I’ve written a four-line, poem-like thing called “Creativity.” It goes like this: “Learning gives creativity. Creativity leads to thinking. Thinking provides knowledge. Knowledge makes you great……” “……I have orbited the sun 76 times…….”(He meant that he is aged 76) “……First, the leader must have vision. Without vision, [...]

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Charlie Munger On The Psychology Of Human Misjudgment

April 4, 2008

Download Transcript Download Audio 1. Reward and Punishment Superresponse Tendency 2. Liking/Loving Tendency 3. Disliking/Hating Tendency 4. Doubt-Avoidance Tendency 5. Inconsistency-Avoidance Tendency 6. Curiosity Tendency 7. Kantian Fairness Tendency 8. Envy/Jealousy Tendency 9. Reciprocation Tendency 10. Influence-from-Mere Association Tendency

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