In Celebration of Early Alarms and Prevention Habits
China and the world are mourning Dr. Li Wenliang, one of the doctors who attempted to spread an early warning of…
Browsing: My Gray Rhino
The Risk Bearer: Embracing the Right Kind of Uncertainty
Whether in business or in personal life, people only partner up when each has something that the other wants. You…
The Thing about Predictions
The annual onslaught of outlooks, predictions, and top-risks lists is upon us along with the beginning of a new year.…
White Van Hoaxes Versus Deep Breaths
You may have seen those Facebook rumors about white vans “spreading fear,” as CNN and other media reported a series…
The Mobile Phone Addiction Gray Rhino
Two very strange things happened recently to make me feel that society’s technological over-indulgence was paving the way to disaster.…
Automation: Two Cautionary Tales
I stopped by my neighborhood pharmacy this morning and asked the desk pharmacist if the annual flu shot was available…
Monarch Migration: Risk, Odds, and Purpose
With a couple of shoeboxes in hand, my neighbor and friend Lynne and I walked 15 minutes to a nearby…
The Risk in Not Asking
The greatest risk that most people take is the one that prevents them from getting what they want, need and…
You Can’t Be Too Careful
I got a call on my cell phone yesterday that Caller ID said was one of the banks where I…
How Much Time Do You Leave to Get to the Airport?
Amanda Mull’s recent article in The Atlantic, “There Are Two Types of Airport People,” got me thinking about these two…