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Sunday Book ReviewNovember 3, 2024 The Books on Risk EditionIn the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me.In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we look at four top book risks for the compliance professional in November 2024.
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Risk: A User...
2024-11-0305 min
Leadership Frontiers017 | General Stanley McChrystal & Anna Butrico | Risk: A User's GuideToday’s world is rife with risk—be it a global pandemic as we experienced in 2020 or the steady churn of uncertainty that permeates both business and life. In their new book RISK: A User’s Guide, coauthors General Stanley McChrystal and Anna Butrico argue that we must develop both an interface for dealing with risk and an appetite for action. On the podcast this episode, we discuss everything from assessing risk to the need for leadership in a changing world, and the fact that you can fail without being a failure.
2022-01-1349 min
The Penta Podcast ChannelInsights: A Conversation with General Stanley McChrystal and Anna ButricoToday's leaders must adapt to growing risks when it comes to public health, security, the environment, and more. But even when these risks are known, leaders are often unprepared to face them. In this edition of HPS Insights, General Stanley McChrystal and Anna Butrico, co-authors of Risk: A User's Guide, join HPS Partners Tony Fratto and Stacy Kerr to discuss how leaders should think about risk in a complex world.
2021-12-1639 min
Forging Mettle Podcast057 | Stanley McChrystal and Anna Butrico | Building your risk immune system for resilienceThis episode is a real gem, filled with wisdom. Co-authors General Stan McChrystal and Anna Butrico join me to talk about leadership, risk, resilience, adaptability and what they call our risk immune system. We discuss the risks associated with a global pandemic, special military operations, and how to navigate a complex changing environment in corporations.
Show notes:
General McChrystal was a green beret, ranger and paratrooper during his career. He is perhaps best known for his command of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the mid-2000s. As you might guess, he was no stranger t...
2021-12-1549 min
New Books in MedicineStanley McChrystal and Anna Butrico, "Risk: A User's Guide" (Portfolio, 2021)Today's guest is former US Army general, Stanley McChrystal. A retired four-star general with 34 years of service, Stanley was the commander of all US and coalition forces in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010. Previously, he served as commander of JSOC or the Joint Special Operations Command, overseeing the US military’s most elite units including Delta Force and SEAL Team 6. According to journalist Sean Naylor, in his Book, Relentless Strike, McChrystal was, “the general whose vision and intensity transformed JSOC into a global man-hunting machine.” His tenure included the capture of Saddam Hussein and the killing infamous terrorist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.T...
2021-12-081h 00
New Books in Business, Management, and MarketingStanley McChrystal and Anna Butrico, "Risk: A User's Guide" (Portfolio, 2021)Today's guest is former US Army general, Stanley McChrystal. A retired four-star general with 34 years of service, Stanley was the commander of all US and coalition forces in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010. Previously, he served as commander of JSOC or the Joint Special Operations Command, overseeing the US military’s most elite units including Delta Force and SEAL Team 6. According to journalist Sean Naylor, in his Book, Relentless Strike, McChrystal was, “the general whose vision and intensity transformed JSOC into a global man-hunting machine.” His tenure included the capture of Saddam Hussein and the killing infamous terrorist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.T...
2021-12-0855 min
New Books in National SecurityStanley McChrystal and Anna Butrico, "Risk: A User's Guide" (Portfolio, 2021)Today's guest is former US Army general, Stanley McChrystal. A retired four-star general with 34 years of service, Stanley was the commander of all US and coalition forces in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010. Previously, he served as commander of JSOC or the Joint Special Operations Command, overseeing the US military’s most elite units including Delta Force and SEAL Team 6. According to journalist Sean Naylor, in his Book, Relentless Strike, McChrystal was, “the general whose vision and intensity transformed JSOC into a global man-hunting machine.” His tenure included the capture of Saddam Hussein and the killing infamous terrorist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.T...
2021-12-0855 min
Above The BusinessEpisode 78: General Stanley McChrystal - Risk: A User's GuideRetired four-star general Stanley A. McChrystal has lived a life associated with the deadly risks of combat. He was once called “one of America’s greatest warriors” by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.From his first day at West Point, to his years in Afghanistan, to his efforts helping business leaders navigate a global pandemic, McChrystal has seen how individuals and organizations fail to mitigate risk. Why? Because they focus on the probability of something happening instead of the interface by which it can be managed.He is a transformational leader with a remark...
2021-10-1852 min
Washington Post LiveGen. Stanley A. McChrystal (Ret.) and Anna Butrico discuss their new book 'Risk: A User’s Guide'Washington Post columnist David Ignatius sits down with retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his co-author Anna Burtrico to discuss their new book, “Risk: A User’s Guide."
2021-10-0430 min
VandyVoxVandyVox Episode 8 – “Aristotle Meets Apple” by Anna ButricoThis episode features a piece of audio produced by Anna Butrico, who graduated from Vanderbilt in 2018 with a degree in English and communication studies. Anna started podcasting her sophomore year at Vanderbilt, launching a podcast called This Vanderbilt Life with help from Vanderbilt Student Media. That experience led her to a summer internship at WPLN, Nashville’s public radio station, where she helped produced over two dozen stories. At the start of her senior year, Anna decided to write her honors thesis on podcasting, looking at how modern podcasts are inhabiting and extending classical Greek rhetorical forms. In this ep...
2019-03-2818 min