Mastering Catastrophic Risk is a profound and insightful look at how company leaders prepare for and respond to shocks and crises that threaten their businesses' operations, reputations, and even existence. This updated paperback edition includes a new preface to address threats to business that have emerged or intensified in the past two years including COVID-19. This interesting book uses interviews and case studies from the business world to identify 21 categories of risk faced by publicly traded companies and to draw useful lessons about how to prepare for them." - Richard N. Cooper, Foreign Affairs