I am currently immersing myself in a Bonnie Biafore, PMP, MCTS course via Lynda.com. Biafore shares a simple yet profound learning for managing risk. When anticipating and/or managing risks, we need to do it in order to reduce the probability and impact of negative events. That makes sense, right?
Additionally, we need to anticipate and/or
manage risk to increase the benefit of positive events. Essentially, we
need to anticipate and manage positive surprises so we are ready to meet them
head on and fully benefit from them when they arise.
Sure, we prepare for the worst. Like one of
Coach Neyland's seven maxims teaches, "If at first the game, or breaks, go
against you, don't let up. Put on more steam." However, we also must
prepare for the breaks to actually go our way so we know what to do when it
happens. How many times has good fortune fallen in your lap, and due to
hesitation or not knowing what to do, an opportunity slipped through your
fingers? Let's all commit to not letting that happen in 2017!
