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Michele Wucker

(She/Her)
Chicago
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Covers:  risk, financial crisis, leadership, global finance and economy, business strategy, governance, public policy
Author of THE GRAY RHINO & YOU ARE WHAT YOU RISK (April 2021). #Finance #Policy #Risk #Strategy #celiac Find me onLinkedin or Bluesky

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Michele Wucker’s Biography

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Strategist and best-selling author Michele Wucker coined the term “gray rhino” for obvious, probable, impactful risks, which we are all too likely – but, crucially, not condemned to neglect. The metaphor has moved markets, shaped financial policies, and made headlines around the world. It became a frame for the ignored warnings that led to the COVID-19 pandemic and a lyric in a hit single about depression by the global music phenomenon BTS.

Michele is the author of four books including the glo…

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The surprising link between creativity and risk

The surprising link between creativity and risk

Some of the links between creativity and risk are pretty self-evident. Creativity is all about trying somethi…

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Weighing the risk ethics of requiring vaccinations

Weighing the risk ethics of requiring vaccinations

A version of this article appeared in the Autumn 2021 issue of strategy+business. As the world continues to s…

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Lessons from COVID-19 about communicating risk

Lessons from COVID-19 about communicating risk

Using a beer can, a measuring tape, spray cans full of starter fluid, and Styrofoam mannequin heads, the YouT…

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Why managing uncertainty is a key leadership skill

Why managing uncertainty is a key leadership skill

A version of this article appeared in the Autumn 2020 issue of strategy+business. In early 2020, Wafels & Din…

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Perspective | No, the coronavirus pandemic wasn't an 'unforeseen problem'

Perspective | No, the coronavirus pandemic wasn't an 'unforeseen problem'

Supposedly, the new coronavirus was impossible to predict. As President Trump put it last week, "It's an unfo…

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Is your board risk-ready?

Is your board risk-ready?

A version of this article appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of strategy+business. Your company's board of dir…

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Fight, flight, finesse, fawn, or fold?

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By Michele Wucker
| Substack
A smaller piece of a bigger pie or a bigger piece of a smaller pie? (MS Designer) I am pleased to see that the business community is standing up to the Trump administration on immigration, a subject dear to my own heart and of immense importance to the character, economy, values, and future of the United States. I’m even happier to see a series of wins on immigration as well as on tariffs -the other big issue on which businesses have pushed back.
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đŸ‘„ Panel Recap: Post-Jackson Hole (Video) Original

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By Lyric Hale, Karim Pakravan, Michele Wucker, Mark Roeder
| econVue
81 minutes (with Q&A) ⼑ Ended MON AUG 25, 2025 5:25 PM CDT (Chicago) đŸš« Video replay available to registered attendees and subscribers only In case you missed it, please enjoy the video from our recent panel discussion focused on the papers and speeches presented at Jackson Hole last month. This year’s theme: Demographics, Productivity and Macroeconomic Policy.
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By Lyric Hale, Karim Pakravan, Michele Wucker, Mark Roeder
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What was your first job as a journalist?

copy kid at the Waco Tribune-Herald

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I take the Fifth.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Walking my dog along Lake Michigan
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