<aside> 🔥 Discipline: Address the highest-priority risk first, every time, no exceptions.

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The Three Questions

At any moment, your team should be able to answer:

1. What is our highest-priority risk right now?
2. What are we doing to reduce it?
3. How do we know if it is working?

If anyone hesitates on any of these, your risk management is not working.

Scoring Framework

Priority Score = Probability x Impact x Detection

Probability (1-5): How likely is this risk to materialize?

Impact (1-5): How severe would the consequences be?

Detection (1-5): How hard is this to catch before it causes damage? 5 = silent compounding, 1 = immediately obvious.

<aside> ⚠️ The Detection factor is what most risk frameworks miss. A risk you catch immediately is fundamentally different from one that compounds silently. AI systems excel at silent compounding.

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Priority Actions

• Score 60-125 (Critical): Stop other work. Mitigate immediately. Daily monitoring.