When Not Taking Action Is The Riskiest Action Of All

The year's five biggest nonrisk risks.

BY FAST COMPANY STAFF | October 19, 2011

// RESEARCH IN MOTION
Not upgrading blackberry's outmoded operating system.

//American Apparel
Not firing CEO Dov Charney.

// Hacked Companies (Bank of America, etc.)
Not upgrading their data-security systems.

// FACEBOOK
Not IPO-ing.

// NIKE
Not ditching disgraced pitchman Tiger Woods.

A version of this article appears in the November 2011 issue of Fast Company.

Image: Flickr user Juan Nose

From Issue 160 | October 2011