In 2017, the Mainland Chinese newspaper, People’s Daily, warned that China faced a variety of systemic financial risks, including the “Gray Rhinos.” China’s business community immediately took notice of the term, and it is now used in Chinese media without explanation. Why China loves the Gray Rhino concept? Michele Wucker, the author of the “Gray […]
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Apr
Apr
Michele Wucker was interviewed by Christian Harris on his popular Safety and Risk Success podcast recently. They talked about the Ukraine situation, how to define and communicate risk, and how risk fingerprints can affect organizational culture and will drive the New World Of Work. Some highlights: ✅ How does Michele define risk, and what does […]
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Dec
Dec
Michele Wucker, best-selling author of The Gray Rhino and You Are What You Risk, shared her insights on “Decoding the Grey Rhino” with a group of CEOs and senior executives, at a recent virtual fireside chat. The key takeaways of the session include: – Why you’re more likely than you think to be falling short […]
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Oct
Oct
Michele Wucker, best-selling author of Gray Rhino, shared her insights on the highly probable risks in the field of sustainable development at the recent ESG Spain 2021 – Corporate Sustainability Forum. Watch the event recording below, Michele’s speech starts at around 1:42:00: Michele Wucker is an award-wining global thought leader who draws on three decades of […]
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Oct
Was the pandemic a grey rhino or a black swan? Best-selling author, Michele Wucker opined that it was more predictable than people realise. The pandemic should encourage policymakers to pay more attention to other known but poorly managed risks. These include rising inequality, climate change and financial imbalances such as dangerous corporate-debt levels and asset […]
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Sep
Michele Wucker, author of best-seller, Gray Rhino, spoke at the ESG Global Leaders Summit held in Beijing August 26, focusing on “ESG Development and a New Low-Carbon Sustainable Future.” The summit was led by Sina Finance ESG channel and co-hosted by CITIC Publishing Group. If we humans do not change, we will be trampled. So […]
Asia, Speakers
Michele Wucker publishing new book You Are What You Risk: The New Art and Science of Navigating and Uncertain World
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Mar
Mar
Michele Wucker, best-selling author of “The Gray Rhino”, will be publishing her new book, “You Are What You Risk: The New Art and Science of Navigating and Uncertain World” on April 6, 2021. What drives a sixty-four-year-old woman to hurl herself over Niagara Falls in a barrel? Why do young journalists risk their lives to […]
Speakers
Michele Wucker Spoke on “Learning to Navigate an Uncertain World” at Experiencia IDEA Management
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Dec
Dec
Michele Wucker, author of best selling Gray Rhino, spoke on “Learning to Navigate an Uncertain World” at Experiencia IDEA Management and got excellent feedback. “The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we once knew it. The virus has intensified economic inequalities and imbalances, sped up digital disruption, and put a premium on flexibility and smart […]
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Aug
Aug
TEDTalk speaker and bestselling author Michele Wucker, in her recent conversation with Asian Scientist, answers an important question—Was COVID-19 a gray rhino event? Michele discussed her gray rhino theory with respect to the COVID pandemic, and what gray rhino events we should anticipate in the future. Watch the full interview below: Michele Wucker is an award-wining […]
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Mar
Mar
The whole world is impacted by the Coronavirus outbreak. Michele Wucker, author of best-seller Gray Rhino, opined that there are strategies to help countries response more promptly. The most important is to identify which stage you are at facing the challenge. In my book, THE GRAY RHINO, I developed a five-stage framework for analyzing responses […]
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Michele Wucker is an author, commentator and policy analyst specializing in the world economy and crisis anticipation. Michele is a global thought leader with three decades of experience in media, finance, and non-profit management and content creation. She is the author of The Gray Rhino: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers we […]
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May
May
Policy strategist and award-winning global thought leader Michele Wucker delivered a TED Talk on The Gray Rhino—the unpreventable danger that we often choose to ignore. In her talk, Michele urges us to replace the myth of the “black swan” — that rare, unforeseeable, unavoidable catastrophe — with the reality of the “gray rhino”. She shows […]
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Apr
Apr
Michele Wucker, finance and policy strategist, founder and CEO of Gray Rhino & Company spoke at the TED Salon: Imagine If, a session of talks in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Michele’s big idea was all about replacing the myth of the “black swan” with the reality of a “gray rhino” so we can face […]
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Feb
Feb
Michele Wucker , author of best-selling book The Gray Rhino, was invited to speak at the ZAOJIU conference in Singapore, on the “uncertainty in the fourth industrial revolution” “Even if you’re just predicting the future, you have the ability to influence the course of events.” What are the obvious, high-probability crisis events that are likely […]
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Jan
Jan
Michele Wucker was invited to speak in China on her insights on the Gray Rhinos. At this turbulent time, vision on how to identify upcoming dangers is highly appreciated, no wonder Michele is beloved by her fans and readers. Michele Wucker is an award-wining global thought leader who draws on three decades of experience in media […]
Asia, China, Speakers
President Xi Jinping Reading Augmented by Brett King & Grey Rhino by Michele Wucker
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Feb
Feb
President Xi Jinping is reading books authored by our speakers, including “Augmented” by Brett King and also “Grey Rhino” by Michele Wucker. This article, gives a quick rundown of the books that can be seen on the president’s bookshelf during his annual New Year’s greeting from his office and two books from our speakers were […]
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