A Case Study in Corporate Fear with Taras Wayner
From CFO Bookshelf by Mark Gandy
September 6, 2025 · 48 min · Season 1 · Episode 255
About this episode
The episode explores how fear influences decision-making in corporate environments, featuring insights from Taras Wayner.
When I began studying the root causes of business failure early in my career, I believed that faulty cognitive limitations and weaknesses were the primary drivers of poor decisions, ultimately leading to business failure. Taras Wayner is the producer and host of a new podcast called A Case Study in Corporate Fear, where he addresses one of the central emotions in the affective mindset: fear. During this conversation, we learned how fear impacted the decision makers at Yahoo!, Atari, and...
People in this episode
Host: Mark Gandy
Guest: Taras Wayner
Topics covered
- business failure
- decision making
- corporate fear
- emotions in business
- case studies
Keywords
- business failure
- decision making
- corporate fear
- Yahoo
- Atari
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Yahoo!, Atari
Books & works: A Case Study in Corporate Fear
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