Tag: Chicago

YOU ARE WHAT YOU RISK Chicago Book Launch video

Posted on by Michele Wucker

Chicago media personality Amy Guth moderates a conversation with Gray Rhino & Company CEO Michele Wucker about her new book, YOU ARE WHAT YOU RISK: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World, for the Chicago launch at independent bookstore The Book Cellar, in partnership with Institute for Work and the Economy, Chicago Global Shapers, Human Citizen Workplace, and The Authors Guild Chicago Chapter.

They are joined by Chicago-based interviewees Agam Arora, Peter Creticos, Jermikko, and Genevieve Thiers.

Watch here:

The Gray Rhino on WGN-TV Midday Fix

Posted on by Michele Wucker

I had a great time talking about THE GRAY RHINO with Steve Sanders on WGN TV’s Midday Fix June 6, 2017. We covered a range of gray rhinos, from Chicago’s finances to the 2008 financial crisis to climate change to the things we ignore in our personal lives.

Watch by clicking on the image below:

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WTTW Chicago Tonight: Recognizing Looming Threats

Posted on by Michele Wucker

WTTW 2016-04-20I appeared on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight April 20th talking about THE GRAY RHINO and why the elephant in the room and the black swan needed a more dynamic companion: “I felt that the language need something much, much more active, something that gave us a choice, that recognized how hard it is to deal with something – sometimes because it’s so big.”

Watch the interview and read an excerpt HERE.

WGN Radio -The Download

Posted on by Michele Wucker

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Why do we choose to ignore pending doom? Good question! I had a great time talking with Justin Kaufman on his WGN Radio show, “The Download,” on March 31 here in Chicago, about THE GRAY RHINO, financial meltdowns, kicking the can, climate change, and the tricks our minds play on us with  LISTEN HERE. That’s Michigan Avenue in the backdrop of the photo.