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BOARD-COMMUNICATION5 MIN READ

Commit to an Early Risk Warning

Commit to drafting an early-warning board note for a material but uncertain risk.

Draft an early-warning board note for a risk that is material enough to govern but not certain enough to be final. Board chair preview, audit committee note, CEO update to directors, or full-board packet opening note. What changed: [signal]. Exposure: [business consequence]. Appetite or plan: [threshold]. Management response: [actions and owner]. Uncertainty: [what could change]. Board role: [decide, advise, note, or no action yet]. Use this opener: We are not asking for action yet, but this risk is now close enough to [threshold or plan impact] that I want the board to have early context. In 3 days, confirm whether…

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