<p>''Brilliant and highly entertaining, this book is essential reading for every leader, regardless of age or experience.''<b> - Admiral William McRaven</b>, author of <i>Make Your Bed</i><br><br>--------<br><br><b>What if you could learn how to expect the unexpected?</b><br><br>In business, like in life, foresight is crucial for avoiding pitfalls and disaster - and yet it''s something we spend nearly no time developing. Retired four-star general Stan McChrystal has lived a life associated with the deadly risks of combat; he has been forced to analyse and prepare for situations he didn''t even know were possible. As a business consultant, he has seen how hundreds of individuals and organizations - too often and to great cost - fail to mitigate risk. Why? Because they focus on the probability of something happening instead of the interface through which any and all risks can be managed.<br><br>In <i>Risk: A User''s Guide</i>, McChrystal presents a new system of responding to risk. He la