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How Leaders Wrangle the Gray Rhino Before It Charges
As AI becomes embedded in model risk management, firms are focusing on practical use cases that strengthen inventory oversight, documentation review, and risk monitoring. With regulatory expectations rising around transparency and accountability, this Q&A explores how AI can improve governance efficiency while preserving strong controls, traceability, and second-line independence.
Feb 25, 2026
Michele Wucker, Author, Qualified Risk Director and Strategic Risk Adviser,
Tags:
ALM, Treasury and Liquidity Risk
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- Gray rhinos are
visible probable and potentially catastrophic threats that leaders often
ignore
- Major failures stem
less from surprise than from delayed or inadequate response
- Denial groupthink and
power dynamics suppress challenge and slow action
- Incentives and short
term pressures bias leaders toward inaction over decisive intervention
- Risk should be framed
as hazard plus opportunity not merely compliance or threat
- Boards must move
beyond risk lists to scenario based discussions of response capacity and
trade offs
- Culture governance
and psychological safety determine whether organizations confront or avoid
obvious dangers
- Embedding risk
thinking into strategy performance metrics and decision making improves
resilience
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