Stop inverting the risk continuum on decisions

What you can control often means more than what should really matter.

"Inverting the risk continuum" is when you -- either individual you or work team you -- spends a huge amount of time on relatively low-impact, low-risk decisions.

Consider this example:

Inverting the risk continuum can lead a company to lose focus of core business questions. I recently spoke to a group of leaders whose company had made a significant acqui…