Modern Wisdom

#381 - General Stanley McChrystal - Military Strategies For Dealing With Risk

Oct 7, 2021

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What Is Bias?

02:00

Structure Can Create a Lack of Hit

03:21

The Greatest Risk to Our Organizations Is Us

01:52

Introduction

4min

What's the Four Star General?

3min

The Greatest Risk to Our Organizations Is Us

2min

Risk and Vulnerabilities in an Organization

3min

What's the Goal of Risk Analysis?

4min

The Best Organizations Deal With Risk

2min

Communication Is the First Step to Getting Right

3min

Communication Is the New Ances a Lot More Now

3min

Isn't It a Disaster?

3min

10.

How to Overcome Inertia

2min

11.

The Diseconomies of Scale Are One of the Main Reasons Why Small Start Ups Are So Successful

2min

12.

Structure Can Create a Lack of Hit

3min

13.

The Goodness of Meetings

2min

14.

Diversity and Bias in Government

3min

15.

Diversity and Cohesion in the Organization

2min

16.

How to Get a Leader to Talk to a Senior Soldier

2min

17.

The Challenges of Poor Communication

3min

18.

What Is Bias?

2min

19.

Can You Judge the Actions of Yesterday by the Standards of to Day?

4min

20.

The Story of Your Resignation From the Army

4min

21.

What Are You Holding on To?

2min

22.

How to Sell Your Integrity, You Can't Buy It Back

2min

23.

Is There a Tactic for Getting Out of the Wild West?

3min

24.

The Modern Wisdom Reading List Is Now Alive

2min

Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general, the former commander of the US and International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, a CEO and an author.

Risk is a constant throughout life. It's permanently shaping our individual and organisational behaviour but humans are inherently bad at judging and adapting to risk. After 34 years of dealing with mortal risk in the field of combat, Stanley has a good insight into a better approach.

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