#64: The Gray Rhino, the risk fingerprint and why women are good at taking risks with Michele Wucker

<p>Michele Wucker is a strategist, speaker, and best-selling author. She coined the term “gray rhino” as a call to take a fresh look at how we respond to obvious, probable, impactful risks. She founded the Chicago-based advisory firm <a href="http://thegrayrhino.com/"><u>Gray Rhino &amp; Company</u></a> and is a former media and think tank executive.&nbsp;</p> <p>Her four books include the influential global bestseller&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thegrayrhino.com/the-gray-rhino-book/"><u>THE GRAY RHINO: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore</u></a> and the recently released sequel, <a href="https://www.thegrayrhino.com/you-are-what-you-risk/"><u>YOU ARE WHAT YOU RISK: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World</u></a><u>.</u></p> <p>We cover the following in our conversation:</p> <ul> <li>Risk: what is it and how do we perceive it differently based on our own risk fingerprint?</li> <li>The gray rhino: how we can apply it to the global economy and the financial markets today?</li> <li>How women and men think and act on risk?</li> <li>Systemic risk and how women can protect themselves?</li> <li>Women: their finances, investing and building their net worth: what are some of the key risks?</li> <li>What are the gray rhinos the retail investor needs to watch out for?</li> </ul> <p>***</p>