Are We at a Climate Action Tipping Point?
Back from a week across the pond for a speech applying gray rhino theory to climate change at a risk conference in…
Browsing: The Horn
The Top Gray Rhino Risks of 2019
Are you paying enough attention to the risks on people’s minds? Are they priced in to the market or are…
Leveraged Loans, Today’s Toxic Asset
When was the first time you heard the expression “subprime housing market”? Betcha it wasn’t until it fell apart. Say,…
Lessons from our Responses to Ethiopian Air Flight 302
My social media feeds have been full of tributes to the victims of Sunday’s Ethiopian Air Flight 302 crash, which…
A Few of My Favorite 2019 Top Risks Lists
It’s that time again –the barrage of top-risks lists and forecasts for the coming year. When the air has cleared…
What’s Really Going on with China’s Real Estate Market
I rang in the new year with a quick trip to Beijing for a few speeches and media appearances. It…
Every Drop and Every Step Counts
In November, I wrote here about my courageous friend Mina Guli. Mina who set out on a quest to run 100 marathons in…
Top Risks of 2018 End-Year Wrap-Up
How has the world been doing in confronting its most obvious but unresolved risks in 2018? This was the third…
Why You Should Care that the University of Illinois Is Worried about Chinese Student Enrollments
You may have read the news that University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently took out an insurance policy to protect itself from a…
What Skydiving Has to Do with Tax Hikes
As George H.W. Bush is laid to rest, Americans mourn a man who – even to many of those who…