More bad news for risk management

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>]

Overconfidence make you successful in business.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2188148/Sir-Alan-Sugar-effect-
Overconfidence-make-successful-workplace.html

Not just confidence, mind you, *over*confidence.

Add in the Dunning-Kruger effect:
http://www.spring.org.uk/2012/06/the-dunning-kruger-effect-why-the-
incompetent-dont-know-theyre-incompetent.php

... and the Peter Principle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle

... and you start to realize why all those huge banks keep failing ...

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