Author: Michele Wucker

Wouldn’t it be nice if all of our problems stayed small and manageable? People who are good at identifying challenges and tending to them early on are my heroes. I think of them as game wardens caring for cute baby rhinos. We’re all different in the ways we respond to the probable but often overlooked, downplayed, or outright ignored problems that I call “gray rhinos”: they’re charging right at us, but we don’t always see them or react properly. Take the Gray Rhino Quiz to find out how well you deal with the obvious dangers in your life, work and in the…

I addressed an impressive group of investors and CEOs recently at the annual Formuesdagen (“Wealth Day”) in Oslo, Norway, on November 22, 2016, organized by Formuesforvaltning. Here’s a summary of key takeaways (my comments are in English). Formuesdagen 2016 – Hvordan kan vi gjenkjenne åpenbare farer før de blir en realitet? from Formuesforvaltning AS on Vimeo.

In “Finding The Gray Rhino: Effectively Anticipating Changes As Women in Leadership,” Michele Weldon profiled Gray Rhino & Company Founder and CEO Michele Wucker on The Movement Blog on December 13, 2016. Read the whole article HERE.

Nearly all of us have days when we feel we’ve been run over by a rhinoceros. You know what I mean, right? Sometimes we can’t help it and there’s nothing we can do to get out of the way. But often we can manage whatever it is that’s about to flatten us like a pancake. We’re all different in the ways we respond to the probable but often overlooked, downplayed, or outright ignored problems that I call “gray rhinos”: they’re charging right at us, but we don’t always see them or react properly. The Pancake is just one personality type…

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In this mini-webinar, Gray Rhino & Company Founder Michele Wucker gives you a simple but powerful tool to help you to improve the way you deal with obvious challenges that often get neglected despite -or often precisely because of- how big or likely they are.

You know the story of Chicken Little, who got hit in the head by an acorn and was sure that the sky was falling. Of course, it wasn’t. It was just an acorn. Or you may know Chicken Little as Henny Penny or Chicken Licken; there are many variations of the folk tale going back 2500 years. We’re all different in the ways we respond to the probable but often overlooked, downplayed, or outright ignored problems that I call “gray rhinos”: they’re charging right at us, but we don’t always see them or react properly. Chicken Littles are just one…

You may recall a spike in Google searches for “What’s the European Union?” after British citizens voted in June to leave the EU. When I woke up in London the morning of November 9th, Londoners, no doubt feeling a bit smug now that the US has had its own ballot-box surprise, quipped that the most googled query in the United States that morning was “What is the US President?” Back in the USA after a extended trip to Europe, I’ve found people don’t laugh nearly as hard as Brits did; nor, do I suspect, did the British find as much humor…

I went to sleep in London last night making the reasonable assumption that the election would bear out the predictions of many polls. Like so many people, how wrong I was. I’m in London for the BCI World Summit, where I delivered the opening keynote address yesterday morning. Over the afternoon and evening, conversations between sessions often turned to Trump. People wanted to know: Was Trump a gray rhino or black swan? I define gray rhinos as highly probable, high impact threats. Trump’s candidacy and initial success started as a highly improbable black swan. But, like most black swans, it was…

Did you know that Ostriches don’t really bury their heads in the sand? They lower their heads to the sand to scoop up sand and pebbles to help them digest. They also dig holes in the ground to bury their eggs. But a little poetic license never hurt anyone. Facts notwithstanding, the Ostrich with its head in the sand remains a powerful metaphor in the English language, and an important cautionary tale. We’re all different in the ways we respond to the probable but often overlooked, downplayed, or outright ignored problems that I call “gray rhinos.” Take the Gray Rhino…