Listen below to Michele Wucker’s conversation with Mahan Tavakoli on the popular Partnering Leadership podcast episode posted September 23, 2021.
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In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Michele Wucker, author of The Gray Rhino and You Are What You Risk, explains the origin of the concept of gray rhino and how to use it to improve decision making. She goes into the logic behind risk-taking and the need for understanding and assessing risk better as individuals and organizations based on her new book, You Are What You Risk.
Highlights:
- Two very different yet essential concepts in understanding and assessing risk: How a Gray Rhino differs from a Black Swan
- Why The Gray Rhino was so successful in China and how it inspired Michele’s new book, You Are What You Risk
- What a Risk Fingerprint is and how you can gain a better understanding of yourself and others through your risk fingerprint
- Annie Edson Taylor’s story and the impact of a risk fingerprint on decision making- The Gray Rhinos of today: Inequality, Financial Fragilities, and Climate Change
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