As a self-declared upper-middle manager at a technology & design company, I have a mantra that I repeat slightly more often than is appropriate:

The greatest risk to our company is falls.

It’s not market instability, or hackers, or inadequate planning. It’s falls.

Your company is made up of people. People are made up of sticks and meat. When we fall down, we break. Be careful out there.

I wouldn’t be an effective executive if I didn’t follow-up my risk warning with some solid strategy, so here you go: Take two trips.

You’ve got one too many grocery bags? Don’t carry it all in at once. Take two trips.

You’ve got a coffee, a laptop, and a door to open on your way out to the deck this morning (hypothetically speaking) – take two trips!

Oh, and watch out for mulch.