Risk And Mitigation Register

When to use

Use this to pre-empt the "what could go wrong" question. It surfaces the material risks, rates each on likelihood and impact, assigns a concrete mitigation and owner, and defines early-warning triggers, so the board sees a managed bet rather than a leap of faith.

Instructions

1. Brainstorm the risks across execution, market, financial, and organizational dimensions.
2. Rate each risk on likelihood and impact and keep the material few.
3. Pair every material risk with a specific, credible mitigation.
4. Assign an owner and an early-warning trigger to each.
5. Call out the single biggest risk and the contingency if it materializes.

Example prompts

• "Build a risk register with mitigations and owners for this strategy."
• "What are the top risks to this plan and how do we mitigate and monitor each?"

Output

A risk register table (risk, likelihood, impact, mitigation, owner, trigger) with the top risk highlighted.