In 2018, I got the opportunity to partner with a mid-sized Kenyan insurance firm that had just survived a UGX 3.1 billion fraud. After the high-level briefing, the Audit Committee chair turned to me and asked: “How do we prevent this from ever happening again?”
The CRO proudly talked about their 200-page risk policy, written in perfect grammar but entirely useless. Why? Because they had no tool to translate risk awareness into action. That’s when I introduced them to actionTEAM. Six months later, the same CEO sent me a WhatsApp message: “This tool saved us from a costly customer onboarding risk we didn’t even know we had.”
Risk management is useless without execution
Most risk systems are designed by IT people for auditors, not by strategists for decision-makers. They capture risk registers, issue reports, and tick compliance boxes. But they don’t make decisions. ActionTEAM changes that. It’s not a documentation tool, it’s an execution engine.
actionTEAM integrates strategy execution and enterprise risk management into one ecosystem. It doesn’t just log risks. It helps your team track them in real time, assign clear owners, attach mitigation actions, monitor progress, and escalate what matters.
You don’t need another form. You need firepower. You need a tool that gives your CEO and board one version of the truth updated weekly, not buried in end-of-quarter reports.
What makes actionTEAM different?
First, it’s designed with the African executive in mind. It’s not bloated with Western jargon or built for theoretical frameworks. It’s focused on practical visibility and accountability. You do not spend a fortune buying a tool, and then break the bank to “customize it” and train your team to use it!
Second, it uses a war room logic: What is the threat? Who is affected? Who is responsible? What’s the response timeline? This isn’t academic, it’s operational clarity.
Third, it doesn’t just measure risk. It measures the impact of your response to that risk. That’s where most systems fail. They report red flags. actionTEAM follows the red flags to see if anyone actually turned off the gas leak.
Specific wins from clients using actionTEAM
- An NGO was able to attract more funding due to high visibility into operations as a result of actionTEAM
- A government agency was able to track COVID-19 project implementation risks across 24 districts in real time, including budget absorption rates.
These aren’t stories. These are decisions made faster, better, and with less drama because the tool made risk real.
“You have a risk register. But do you have risk readiness?”
“Execution excellence is not about completing more tasks, it’s about ensuring the right tasks get done in the right way to deliver real results.”
Tool: Outcome Alignment Check Tool
| Risk Event | Owner | Mitigation Plan | Resources Required | Deadline | Status | Escalation Path |
| E.g., Delay in regulatory licensing | Head of Legal | Early submission, liaison with the authority | UGX 15M legal fees | 20 May | On track | COO → CEO |
Use this map inside actionTEAM. If any row stays red for more than 2 weeks, it auto-escalates. That’s not software. That’s discipline encoded into operations.
If your current tool doesn’t force follow-through, then it’s not a tool, it’s a to-do list. You don’t need risk reporting. You need risk actioning. That’s why I recommend actionTEAM.
Next Tuesday, I will show you how to use actionTEAM to track fraud vulnerabilities across your branches in under 15 minutes. Until then, don’t manage risk. Command it.
Warm regards,
