definition for: #relationalrisk

Relational risk is: (a) risk *from* relationships (to economies, productivity, sustainability etc.) as well as (b) risk *to* relationships (from organizational practice and government policy) - clearly there is a feedback loop from (b) to (a); and (c) any and all risk *seen through* the lens of relationships. Such risks can be in individual life, in clubs/associations/villages/towns, in nations, in civil society, in companies or in the world as a whole. Put differently: there is a relational dimension to every kind of risk - even to the risks involved in science and technology. So risk is an inherently relational issue, at least in the view of the Relational Thinking movement. While some adverse events have purely natural causes, most are a product of human interaction. Moreover, in every case, the impact of risk is absorbed, transmitted, magnified and/or mitigated through networks of relationships.