Lessons in Risk from the Animal Kingdom

Animals are better at risk management than most Fortune 500 companies. I realized this

watching a crow outside my apartment systematically test every trash can lid before committing.

That bird had a better safety protocol than my last workplace. We obsess over insurance policies and emergency

funds, but a meerkat standing guard teaches us something we forgot. Real security is

not about having the perfect plan. It is about constant awareness and quick adaptation.

My neighbor's dog started acting weird three days before a gas leak was detected. No fancy sensors,

just instinct we bred out of ourselves. Urban pigeons navigate subway systems better than tourists because

they do not overthink. They test, fail, adjust, repeat.