As a leader of an organization, I would assemble the right people to create the risk assessment.
That group of people would be leaders in my organization. Employees that could be affected if a
risk were to happen would be in that group of people helping make the assessment. They can
provide a perspective that leadership may miss. If there are other effects outside the organization
that could be affected, having a representative of what could be affected to help with the
assessment can point out things that the organization would not have knowledge of.
Transparency is something that is crucial in making a good risk plan (Garrett & Stevenson,
2020). With the different groups of people, I would use it to make the risk assessment being
transparent may not be wholly allowed. One example is the outside entity. Some of the
information pertaining to the project or what it is you are making the risk assessment about could
have an issue sharing outside of the organization. Making sure you are as transparent as you can
be will provide the best risk assessment. Even within the organization, there may be things that
can't be shared. But strive to share as much as possible for the best risk assessment in the end,-
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Garrett, B. L., & Stevenson, M. (2020). Open risk assessment.-Behavioral Sciences & the
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Response 1
Christina Groff
Christina, I enjoyed reading your post. Your thoughts on how you would likely use a
brainstorming approach for deciding potential risks. I also would use that kind of approach. I am
a firm believer in looking at things from many different perspectives. When we look at things
from every angle, we are going to be able to better prepare for the risks. I like to have a variety
of perspectives that range from leadership down to the everyday employee, even outside entities
that have a perspective and input. I know for myself I provide a perspective that is often
overlooked. I am Deaf, and there are many times I need to ask for adjustments to things to make
sure I am benefiting or that my organization is able to benefit from my perspective. The
perspective of disabled people is often missed. When we are doing risk assessments that involve
people, that perspective is as important as the average person. One step further, if the project
involves people, it is required to take the perspective of disabled people by law. There were
many things that were no longer accessible for disabled people because of COVID these past few
years (Blanck, 2021). For myself, it was a huge struggle for me because I depend on lip-reading
when someone does not know American Sign Language (ASL). When many people felt isolated,
it was even more isolating for the Deaf community. Our communication was even more
hindered. This is just one reason to make sure when we are doing risk assessments. When people
are involved, those with disabilities need to be in that conversation.
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Blanck, P. (2021). On the importance of the Americans with disabilities act at 30.-Journal of
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