Dear Reader: We tend to think of risk-taking as maverick, but what happens when you befriend it in small low-stakes ways?

When you look at the definition of risk, it means danger, harm or loss, we all know it sounds like a bad thing. What if it can reframe it relating to our careers to take small, calculated risks that can lead to building trust, innovation and success?

Ben Swire, co-founder of Make Believe Works and author of “Safe Danger: An Unexpected Method for Sparking Connection, Finding Purpose, and Inspiring Innovation,” believes that when risks are carefully designed, they build trust faster and more effectively than team-building tactics that are considered the norm.

Swire said people worry about being judged for ideas, personalities and their needs. “There’s a fear that askin

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