Create a field when necessary. Look for opportunities and seek ways to resolve problems beyond your job description and outside the prescribed organizational boundaries set by rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. Pay attention to projects or responsibilities that are not fully defined and have few established requirements. Focus on what is not working. Ask questions to identify possibilities and challenge assumptions.
Risk is an interpretation.
View risk as a challenge, just as you might be energized to solve a knotty mathematical problem, succeed in a difficult negotiation, or perform well in a tough tennis match. Transform the tension created by uncertainty into the productive energy needed to take action. Use the adrenaline that typically flows during risky times as power that transforms anxiety into action. Attend to those who will follow. Since not everyone will always follow, focus on those who will support your lead.