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How to tailor a risk to its audience
The same situation usually feeds more than one risk. A team manager’s version and the board’s version can both be well-written and still belong in different rooms. When a risk feels out of place, it may not be badly written — just aimed at the wrong audience.
What you'll learn
The same situation usually feeds more than one risk. This video shows how to pitch each version at the audience who owns it, so a well-written risk lands in the right room instead of the wrong one.
- One situation can be a valid operational risk and a valid strategic risk.
- Both versions can be well-formed and still belong to different audiences.
- An out-of-place risk may not be badly written, just wrongly aimed.
- Specific risks lower down feed broader ones above.