Ever wonder how some companies always seem to outthink and outmaneuver the competition? They don’t problem solve – they opportunity solve. Most organizations do a somewhat adequate job of managing the risks they can see (best practices), but very few understand how to map the risks they cannot yet see (next practices). Risk isn’t something to be managed, but rather it’s something that should be optimized and exploited. Understanding risk is actually the key to driving change and creating disruptive innovation.

The best organizations in the world place a heavy emphasis on risk awareness and include risk in every meaningful thought, conversation and decision. Were not talking a slow, cautionary stifling process, but rather a fast, innovative and evolved thought process that creates advantage and certainty of execution. It will literally be impossible to compete effectively without implementing a portfolio of agile risk competency frameworks across your entire ecosystem. Your organization can become highly regarded and respected as best in class when it comes to risk, or you can simply wait things out and hope the inevitable happens on someone else’s watch – choose wisely.