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A Common Language for Business Risk

Risk conversations improve when probability, impact and response are made explicit.

5 MIN READ · 24 May 2026

Risk conversations improve when probability, impact and response are made explicit.

01

Name the exposure

Avoid vague labels and define the event.

02

Calibrate impact

Use operational and financial consequences.

03

Choose a response

Accept, reduce, transfer or avoid deliberately.

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