The Gray Rhino
The Gray Rhino
A "gray rhino" is a highly probable, high impact yet all-too-often neglected threat: kin to both the elephant in the room and the improbable and unforeseeable black swan. Gray rhinos are not random surprises, but occur after a series of warnings and visible evidence. The bursting of the housing bubble in 2008, the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters, the new digital technologies that upended the media world, the fall of the Soviet Union...all were evident well in advance.
Why do leaders and decision makers keep failing to address obvious dangers before they spiral out of control? Drawing on her extensive background in policy formation and crisis management, as well as in-depth interviews with leaders from around the world, Michele Wucker shows in The Gray Rhino how to recognize and strategically counter looming high-impact threats. Filled with persuasive stories, real-world examples, and practical advice, The Gray Rhino is essential reading for managers, investors, planners, policy makers, and anyone who wants to understand how to profit by avoiding getting trampled.
要是黑天鵝令人感到無助,灰犀牛則讓我們知道,我們是有能力應變的。在這本獨創性十足的書中,渥克提醒我們,意識到逼近的情勢、應且好好決定如何即時應變,有多麼重要。──諾瑞娜.赫茲(Noreena Hertz),《老虎、蛇和牧羊人的背後》作者
——中文簡介摘自天下文化出版《灰犀牛》