Risk Is Not Certainty: How Leaders Decide What’s Worth It
In this episode, Derek Oaks sits down with retired Air Force General Jim Slife to answer a critical leadership question: Who actually owns risk?
From young pilots who believe they’re bulletproof to senior leaders managing global operations, this episode explores how understanding risk evolves with responsibility. General Slife shares powerful lessons from his 35-year career, including the lasting impact of Operation Gothic Serpent—better known as the Battle of Mogadishu—and introduces what he calls the Mogadishu Test:
If this goes wrong tomorrow, would we still believe it was worth doing…
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