Activity Guides & How-Tos

Apply Risk Innovation concepts to your organization or project using the activities and corresponding instructions provided below:

Risk Innovation Nexus Guide

For a complete introduction to risk innovation tools, methods and approaches, the Risk Innovation Nexus Guide is designed for entrepreneurs, innovators, project managers, and anyone who is developing and using an entrepreneurial mindset in their work. It will provide you with new ways of understanding and navigating risks that may otherwise prevent you from succeeding in what you set out to achieve, and will guide you through the effective use of a suite of tools and resources developed by the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Nexus.
Click here to view the complete Guide. Individual videos, tools, and templates are available below.

Risk Innovation Foundations

This 30 second video outlines the foundations of a risk innovation mindset. Each additional activity provides an in-depth exploration of one of these foundational elements.

Risk Innovation Mindset

Our step-by-step approach adds up to help you develop a risk innovation mindset. We break it down for you in this quick video.

Stakeholder Value

Identifying your stakeholders and understanding what is most important to them is foundational to a risk innovation approach.
Click on the video above for an overview, and click here to download the stakeholder value identification template.

Introduction to Orphan Risks

Modern risks from radical new technologies, innovative ideas, and shifting norms need more than conventional risk management tools. Click on the video above for an introduction to orphan risks, and click here to review our orphan risk definition cards.

Social & Ethical Factors

Our question cards serve as a conduit to understanding which orphan risk(s) are most applicable to your organization or project.
Click on the video above for an introduction to orphan risks that fall under the domain of Social & Ethical Factors, and click here to download all of the question cards.

Unintended Consequences of Emerging Technologies

Our question cards serve as a conduit to understanding which orphan risk(s) are most applicable to your organization or project.
Click on the video above for an introduction to orphan risks that fall under the domain of Unintended Consequences of Emerging Technologies, and click here to download all of the question cards.

Organizations & Systems

Our question cards serve as a conduit to understanding which orphan risk(s) are most applicable to your organization or project.
Click on the video above for an introduction to orphan risks that fall under the domain of Organizations & Systems, and click here to download all of the question cards.

Risk Innovation Scenarios

Our hypothetical risk scenarios were designed to help make connections between risk innovation concepts and your own organization or project.
Click on the video above for a deep-dive into the Trust Me scenario, and click here to view and download all of our risk scenarios.

Case Study: Google, Project Maven

Our case studies were developed to increase your understanding of the risk innovation approach, viewing it through the lens of real-world organizations.
Click on the video above for a deep-dive into Google’s Project Maven, and click here to download all of our Risk Innovation case studies.

Case Study: Toms

The goal of our case studies is for you to make comparisons and draw connections between the highlighted organization and your own organization or project.
Click on the video above for a deep-dive into Toms, and click here to download all of our Risk Innovation case studies.

Case Study: Flo

The goal of our case studies is for you to make comparisons and draw connections between the highlighted organization and your own organization or project.
Click on the video above for a deep-dive into Flo, and click here to download all of our Risk Innovation case studies.

Risk Landscape

Use your risk innovation foundations to map your organization or project’s risk landscape.
Click on the video above for an overview, and click here to download the risk landscape template.

Risk Innovation Planner

Drawing from your risk innovation foundations, use the Planner to operationalize stakeholder value and orphan risks on an ongoing basis.
Click on the video above for an overview, and click here to download the Planner.

Action Steps

Navigate your risk landscape and continue to move forward with intentionality.
Click on the video above for an overview, and record your action steps on the 2nd page of your Planner.

Presentation Template

Our presentation template is designed to help you clearly and concisely share your own risk landscape, and the steps you plan to take in order to navigate through it successfully. Click on the video above for an overview, and click here to download the presentation template.