Following Michele Wucker’s recent visit to London, Airmic, the association for risk managers and insurance professionals, posted this January 10, 2017 interview about applying gray rhino thinking to risk management. Jessica Titherington and Michele talked about why individuals and businesses choose to neglect significant threats and what we can do about it. Read the full article HERE.
Listen to the Green Connections Radio podcast with host Joan Michelson on “Warnings We Miss.” Available via libsyn, iHeartRadio and iTunes -a Top 75 podcast. Author and global business strategy leader Michele Wucker speaks with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson in this enlightening interview April 26, 2017, to learn how to see potential threats in your world – business, romance, family, finances – in time to manage them better.
Madan Sabnavis reviews The Gray Rhino in the Financial Express (New Delhi): This book explains how ‘gray rhinos’, or significant crises, can be recognised and countered strategically May 14, 2017. “[W]e often see old houses and bridges collapse, and this is quite common in India, where such structures decay. But if you look deeper, you will agree that signals are sent out well in advance. Signals that we miss either because we don’t notice them or because we choose to ignore them, as we don’t want to face the eventuality. This holds for climate change too, where several nations have chosen to ignore the repercussions of destroying the environment for short-term prospects of higher growth.” READ FULL REVIEW HERE
WGN Radio Business Lunch with Amy Guth. July 22, 2017 Author of The Gray Rhino, Michele Wucker, comes to the studio to discuss her book and the role it played in crashing the Chinese stock market. Click to LISTEN
Listen to Episode 67 of the Integrate and Ignite podcast with Lori P. Jones
June 5, 2017 This episode is a must listen for entrepreneurs who are looking to stay ahead of business problems and challenges. Listen and Learn: * What is the Gray Rhino? * The obvious dangers we ignore * How to regularly step back and assess * Be ahead of the game with this assessment process * How to line up your warning signals Click to LISTEN
When the Gray Rhino Hits Asia. July 14, 2017. Carnegie Council Asia Dialogues podcast with Devin Stewart. A wide ranging conversation about the psychological components of the gray rhino, clear and present dangers in Asia, and cultural differences in perceiving and addressing gray rhinos. Click to LISTEN
Gray rhino theory is spreading in China. On July 16, the term was mentioned in a review of the National Conference on Financial Work, followed by an editorial on the front page of the official People’s Daily. On August 3, 2017, CGTN “World Insight” host Tian Wei spoke with Michele Wucker, who created the concept, to find out if there are any gray rhinos coming China’s way.
Watch a video excerpt below and/or read more HERE.
Laura Bianchi profiled Gray Rhino & Company CEO Michele Wucker in the Crain’s Chicago Business “Takeaway” column on October 18, 2017, “What Are the Obvious Dangers You Ignore?” Follow the link or click on the image to read the whole article.
Why did a multi-billion-dollar Chinese company buy a failing hotel in a tiny rural hamlet in upstate New York? National Public Radio Planet Money reporter Noel King worked at that hotel when she lived there as a teenager, so wanted to know the story behind the hotel changing hands and why the new owners hadn’t yet spruced it up. Her investigation led her to discover how China’s embrace of the gray rhino concept played into the story. NPR Planet Money Episode 802: The Hotel at the Center of the World is the result of her detective work. Scroll to 14:30 in the podcast for a reference to the July 2017 front-page People’s Daily article warning of the need to watch out for gray rhinos, and the connection to Chinese companies pulling back from some of their overseas investments. Be sure to listen all the way to the end for the resolution of the mystery -and for the very nice shout out for The Gray Rhino: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore. October 27, 2017.
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