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Manage Risk Like a Royal Marine

Harvard Business Review

In the dark of night, Corporal Mike Stevenson leads his section of seven heavily-armed Royal Marines across the deck of HMS Ark Royal toward the waiting Sea King helicopter. They create fear and stress, often leading to hasty and ill-considered responses. It is March 20, 2003, a few miles off the coast of Iraq's Al Faw Peninsula.

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Manage Risk Like a Royal Marine

Harvard Business Review

In the dark of night, Corporal Mike Stevenson leads his section of seven heavily-armed Royal Marines across the deck of HMS Ark Royal toward the waiting Sea King helicopter. They create fear and stress, often leading to hasty and ill-considered responses. It is March 20, 2003, a few miles off the coast of Iraq's Al Faw Peninsula.

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