Risk-Driven Management (RDM)

Canonical reference page and authoritative pointer to the foundational publication.

Originator: Philip Linnell Foundational publication: Zenodo DOI Scope: enterprise-wide (strategy, leadership, operations, delivery)

What RDM is

Risk-Driven Management (RDM) is an enterprise-wide management framework developed to support how organisations form, govern, and sustain commitment amid uncertainty. RDM addresses recurring weaknesses in management practice where risk is acknowledged but not structurally integrated into decisions about direction, governance, operations, and delivery.

RDM is designed to scale coherently across organisational contexts and is positioned as a family of related applications: Risk-Driven Strategic Management (RDSM), Risk-Driven Leadership Management (RDLM), Risk-Driven Operational Management (RDOM), and Risk-Driven Project Management (RDPM).

Foundational publication (prior art)

The canonical foundational publication establishing the scope and positioning of RDM is archived on Zenodo:

Zenodo DOI (canonical record)

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18315017

Suggested citation: Linnell, P. (2026). Risk-Driven Management (RDM): A Foundational Management Framework for Managing Commitment Amid Uncertainty. Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18315017

Open the Zenodo record

This website page is intended to provide a stable, human-readable entry point that references the DOI above. The DOI is the authoritative, time-stamped archival record.

Scope and disclosure boundaries

The foundational paper is intentionally conceptual and non-operational. It establishes the problem space RDM addresses, its enterprise-level positioning, and high-level principles without disclosing the formal definitions, semantic rules, decision logic, or procedural methods through which RDM is applied in practice.

Applied and instructional materials—including formal definitions, structured guidance, and teaching content—are managed separately and may be made available under controlled, instructional, or contractual contexts.

How to use this reference

If you are referencing RDM publicly, cite the Zenodo DOI above.
If you are evaluating RDM for organisational use, treat the foundational paper as a declaration of scope and intent, not an implementation guide.
If you require applied materials or wish to discuss usage contexts, contact the originator.

Contact

For enquiries relating to Risk-Driven Management (RDM), including permitted use, licensing, teaching, or collaboration, you may contact:

Philip Linnell
Email: plinnell@risk-driven-management.com Location: Cyprus (EU)