Risk-Taking

An act of commitment given an uncertain future.

R _ C,U

If C increases, then R increases. If U increases, then R increases.

U has a mathematical foundation, C has a leadership foundation

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For today, we will define it in a way which goes more directly to the challenge we face as leaders around risk-taking, deliberately intended to be a more actionable concept.

The simple definition of “an act of commitment given an uncertain outcome provokes us to look closely at what we mean by commitment and uncertainty.