1 Risk as Both Threat and Opportunity

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Picture a company sailing the seas
Every wave could sink them or fill up their sails
The captain who only sees hurricanes freeze
While the one chasing treasure inevitably fails
Risk wears two faces in boardroom debates
Both the poison and cure that determines your fate

[Chorus]
Threat and opportunity, two sides spinning
Risk is the coin that keeps on winning
Downside danger, upside gold
COSO teaches us to hold
Both perspectives in our sight
Balance brings the greater might
Threat and opportunity

[Verse 2]
The framework of twenty-seventeen made it clear
Risk isn't just something that makes you afraid
It's the fuel for growth when you shift your gear
From avoiding all storms to the moves that get made
A zebra that only sees lions will starve
While the lion that's reckless gets caught off guard

[Chorus]
Threat and opportunity, two sides spinning
Risk is the coin that keeps on winning
Downside danger, upside gold
COSO teaches us to hold
Both perspectives in our sight
Balance brings the greater might
Threat and opportunity

[Bridge]
Too much caution strangles creation
Too much boldness breeds devastation
Enterprise management knows the art
Of reading risk with mind and heart
The upside lifts, the downside warns
Value blooms where wisdom forms

[Chorus]
Threat and opportunity, two sides spinning
Risk is the coin that keeps on winning
Downside danger, upside gold
COSO teaches us to hold
Both perspectives in our sight
Balance brings the greater might
Threat and opportunity

[Outro]
Every risk assessment starts this way
Dual orientation lights the day
Threat and opportunity

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