Michele Wucker: Why we ignore obvious problems -- and how to act on them
ميشيل ووكر: لماذا نتجاهل المشاكل الواضحة...وكيف نتصرف تجاهها
Michele Wucker coined the term "gray rhino" as a metaphor for obvious risks that are neglected despite -- in fact, often because of -- their size and likelihood. Full bio
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a highly obvious problem
جليّة أمامك مباشرة؟
within your power to fix things
لتصلح هذه المشكلة قبل أن تتفاقم؟
than any of us would like to admit
أمام أعيننا، أكثر مما نتصور.
أن نتجاهل الأشياء
to turn away from things
that they represent to us,
from my world, economic policy.
من عملي، السياسة الاقتصادية،
was head of the Federal Reserve,
رئيس الحزب الفيدرالي،
for problems in the US economy
في مشاكل أمريكا الاقتصادية
didn't spin out of control.
respected leaders and institutions
من القادة والمؤسسات المحترمة
and dangerous market bubbles.
it all came tumbling down.
نصف قيمتها،
lost nearly half their value,
lost their homes to foreclosure.
was out of work.
came out with a postmortem and said,
بتحليل للمشكلة وقالوا:
nearly doubled in value
تضاعف سعر شقتي في مانهاتن
and I sold it.
also saw the warning,
what the crisis was going to look like,
كمثل وحيد قرن رمادي يهاجمنا.
was as dangerous, visible and predictable
charging right at us.
مع فكرة أننا لا نملك السيطرة على مستقبلنا.
power over our futures.
that we think we have,
أو تجاهله تماماً.
masks another problem:
that we're facing
هي متوقعة وواضحة جداً،
but we still don't do anything about.
ولكن مع ذلك لا نفعل شيء حيالها.
لتلبية ما شعرت به على أنه حاجة ملحة
that people had for the black swan,
تجاه البجعة السوداء،
that were highly obvious,
واضحة ومتوقعة للغاية ولكنها ما زالت مهملة.
فستراها في العناوين الرئيسية كل يوم.
هو وحيد قرن رمادي ضخم آخر،
is another big gray rhino,
in the last 10 years.
خلال العشر السنوات الماضية.
to Washington or Wall Street,
هو فقط الذي وضع أمامنا.
that only smooth sailing laid ahead.
الأمور مختلفة بشكل جذري.
حتى الرئيس شي جين بينغ نفسه،
Xi Jinping himself,
الاقتصادية على أنها وحيدات القرن
تمتلك أنظمة حكومية مختلفة
systems of government,
they're able to do or not.
مشاكلهما الاقتصادية مختلفة كلية.
for their economic problems
that both countries have problems
وفي عدم المساواة، وفي الإنتاج الاقتصادي.
and with economic productivity.
are so different?
بل على كل الناس،
حتى يموت الناس.
to recall their shoddy cars
الذين يحضّرون خطبة التأبين
in preparing for the inevitable --
chiseled into the gravestone.
on the other side,
لا يأبهون لشؤؤونهم النهائية،
their final affairs in order,
لسنين طويلة ويتركوا أولادهم للتعامل معه.
for decades and decades
between one side and the other?
see things and deal with them,
ومعالجتها وآخرون يتجاهلونها؟
with culture, society,
الثقافة والمجتمع والناس من حولك.
فأنت غالباً سترى الخطر على أنه أصغر.
pick you up when you fall,
to see a danger as being smaller.
وليس فقط السيئة.
good chances, not just the bad ones.
لا يريد أحد أن تتحدث عنه.
that nobody wants you to talk about.
that are kind of scary,
لذلك هي وحيدات قرن رمادية.
individualist culture -- go it alone.
الاعتماد على الذات.
أقل انفتاحاً على التغيير
much less open to change
بأن الحكومة ستمنع حدوث الأزمات،
is going to keep problems from happening,
ولكن الناس يصدقون ذلك.
but people believe it.
الاعتماد على عائلاتهم،
on their families,
to take certain risks.
أو إيمانهم بضرورة التغيير.
that they need to change direction,
is absolutely amazing.
عجلة التطور في الصين مذهلة للغاية.
كم أنت مستعد للتعلم؟
even when it's not what you want?
حتى لو كانت غير ما تشتهي
للأشياء التي نريد تعتيمها.
that we just want to black out,
التي نحبها ونريد رؤيتها ونتفق معها.
what we like, what we agree with.
and the ability
لتصحيح هذه النقاط العمياء.
talking with people of all walks of life
من كل الاختصاصات
في حياتهم ومواقفهم.
and their attitudes.
هم الناس الأقل انفتاحاً نحو التغيير،
who are more afraid of risk,
who would be less open to change.
ويخططون لها هم القادرون على تحمل الخطر
the problems around them
to tolerate more risk, good risk,
عن المعلومات نزيد من قوتنا
about the things that we're afraid of.
على وحيدات القرن في حياتك؟
هو شعورنا الطاغي بالعجز.
بحيث لا يستطيع واحد منا تغيير أي شيء.
it can feel so big,
could make a difference.
وبعضهم الآخر يلوم كل الناس عدا أنفسهم،
except themselves.
عربته حتى تتوقف مصانع الفحم في الصين.
he's not ever going to give up his SUV
coal plants in China.
ومواقف الناس من حوله.
to change our attitudes,
an open and honest conversation
مع الناس من حولك
about how well we're dealing with them.
ولكن إذا كنت لا ترى ما هو أمامك
deal with obvious problems,
what's in front of you,
and I could not disagree more.
ولا جاهلاً، بل أنت إنسان.
يمنحنا القوة لنفتح أعيننا،
that shared vulnerability,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michele Wucker - Author, policy analystMichele Wucker coined the term "gray rhino" as a metaphor for obvious risks that are neglected despite -- in fact, often because of -- their size and likelihood.
Why you should listen
Michele Wucker's term "gray rhino" has moved markets and shaped financial policies around the world. She is the author of the international bestseller The Gray Rhino: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore, which China's leadership has used to frame and communicate its efforts to crack down on financial risk.
Drawing on three decades of experience in financial media and think tank management, turnarounds and policy analysis, Wucker is founder of the Chicago-based strategy firm Gray Rhino & Company, which helps organizations to better manage gray rhino risks. She speaks regularly on risk management, leadership, macro strategy and decision-making for high-level global audiences. She has been recognized as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and a Guggenheim Fellow, among other honors.
Wucker's first two books, Lockout: Why America Keeps Getting Immigration Wrong When Our Prosperity Depends on Getting It Right and Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola, continue to influence policy debates.
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