The McKinsey Podcast · The playbook for seeing around geopolitical corners
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use horizon scanning by naming Black Swan, Gray Rhino, and silver-lining events to engage leaders and embed near-term risk/opportunity thinking into annual board risk snapshots
“We also episodically hedge what we call black swan risk. We look for, you know, the event that could cause a market crash. And the way we manage that risk is by buying these sort of asymmetric instruments, credit default swabs, various kinds of options to hedge.”
“If there is a particular event on the horizon that would be unacceptable… example would be going into Brexit… we would want to manage those risks aggressively.”
“We do run an annual investment plan… one-year horizon for risk positioning… five-year horizon… we have a portion of the portfolio that’s in illiquid assets… need the right buffer to avoid forced seller.”
“If you have a risk register now, you could think of adding a column called Opportunities.”
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