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No More IMPOLITE Surprises: Mastering Risk with Style

Christopher M. Gage
5 min readJun 19, 2024
Risk Management — Be IMPOLITE

From Chaos to Categories: The Day I Learned to control the Risk Beast

Have you ever found yourself overwhelmed by the sheer number of risks in a project, from the mundane to the catastrophic? I have always found risk management workshops dull, really dull and there must be a way of making it faster and more structured. However, while working on a hospital restructure, I was bombarded with risk suggestions ranging from meteor strikes to missing stationery. Managing these varied inputs felt like a wicked challenge. However, I learned that framing our thinking and setting up categories was the key to effective risk management. This realization led me to develop a structured approach that has made a significant difference in my projects.

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Christopher M. Gage
Christopher M. Gage

Written by Christopher M. Gage

Ex Deloitte Strategy & A.I Director l Fractional CxO & Advisor | Melbourne Australia | Politics, Defense, Economics I Strategy I A.I I Technology

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