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The best development processes create a safe space for learning, making it challenging but not too risky.

…tripwires encourage risk taking by letting us create a ‘safe space’ for experimentation.

…tripwires allow us the certainty of committing to a course of action, even a risky one, while minimizing the costs of overconfidence.

Trusting a process can permit us to take bigger risks, to make bolder choices.

Few calculated risks end in disaster, and any investment made in a project you care deeply about is likely to generate some return.

While there is risk in trusting other people, there’s far greater risk in not trusting them.

Smart leaders create an environment that encourages appropriate risk-taking, an environment that makes it safe to make mistakes.

…in this ‘flat world’ global economy – not trusting people is often the greatest risk of all.

If we give clients precisely what they ask for, we run the risk of not having served them well.

If you want to be of unique value to your client, then you have to take the risk of offering unique information.