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Strategic Risk Screener

Turn a vague worry into an escalation brief leadership can act on.

Five short steps take you from what you're worried about to a clear risk statement, a priority, a recommended response and a brief for leadership.

1Plan2Identify3Assess4Respond5Monitor
01

Plan: what are you protecting?

Name the objective, service or initiative at stake. A risk only matters because of what it could stop you from achieving.

02

Identify: what are you worried about?

Say it in your own words, then shape it into cause, event and impact. "Vendor problems" is a worry. A risk statement tells people what to do about it.

Because of…
there is a possibility that…
resulting in…
How does this exposure show up?
What kind of uncertainty is it? This decides which tools work.
03

Assess: how likely, how serious, how strategic?

Score it, then test whether it reaches beyond your team. A high score is not the same as a strategic risk.

Probability within your time horizon
Impact if it happens
How soon could it happen?
Five strategic tests tick any that apply; one is enough to raise it
04

Respond: what will you do about it?

The screener suggests a response from your answers. You can choose a different one.

Your response
05

Monitor: how will you know it's getting worse?

Pick the early warning signs you'll watch. The review rhythm is set from the priority.