Michele Wucker

We often fail to address solvable problems before they spiral out of control. Michele Wucker explains how to identify and counter significant threats. Packed with real-world examples and practical advice, this session is essential for planners who want to understand how change really occurs.

Is sitting still or making a bold move the bigger risk in business and life? Do you look before you leap or just take the plunge? When you see an obvious problem, do you face it head on or do your best to ignore it? These questions shape every choice you make and every risk you take and identify you as distinctively as a fingerprint. Recognizing why you answer them the way you do can help you make better work and life decisions. Understanding how those around respond to risks will help you to connect with your clients and collaborate with colleagues. In this talk, learn about the surprising reasons —like what you had for lunch or the people around you— that affect how people see and respond to the risks around us, and put that knowledge to work for you. Recognize how risk stereotypes can trip you up. Optimize your risk strengths and offset your weaknesses. Visualize the feedback loop between your personality and habits, your workplace culture, and the risks you can and cannot control.

Risk empathy is the ability to understand how others experience risks and adapt your own behavior to meet those needs. Just as analyzing your own risk fingerprint -that is, the influences behind the risks you take- gives you valuable insights into your own risk choices, seeking insights into the risk fingerprints of your colleagues, clients, friends, and family can be a powerful tool in business and life. The audience will leave with: * ​The ability to analyze your own risk fingerprint * Powerful questions and strategies for understanding the risk fingerprints of those around you, including colleagues and clients * Tools for building risk empathy and team building *An understanding of the dangers of risk stereotyping and how to avoid it * How to tailor leadership strategies and product/services offerings based on what you now know This program is based on insights developed in the new book, YOU ARE WHAT YOU RISK: The New Art and Science of Managing an Uncertain World.