Risk Management for leaders · Greater Seattle Area
The risk you
don't see is the one that
costs you.
Executive Outliers give leadership teams a shared framework, a common language, and repeatable habits for managing risk — so they can make better decisions, faster, with confidence.
"Most teams look for risk in obvious places. The costly
ones hide in assumptions, handoffs, and habits."
100s
businesses
served
30+
Years in Tech
Leadership
JAMES MURRAY, Executive Outliers Founder
JAMES MURRAY,
Executive Outliers Founder
Professional Networks
Who We Serve
Better decisions come from
— not more opinions.
When your leadership team doesn't share a common language for risk, every decision takes longer. Every transition creates friction. Every unexpected change feels like a crisis — even when it shouldn't.
the problem we solve
Why Executive Outliers
Executive Outliers replace your leadership judgment. We sharpen it with practical tools, customizable workbooks, and training that embeds habits your team can sustain long after the engagment begins.
better structure
"The biggest risks in your organization aren't the ones you're measuring."
See risk Earlier
A shared framework surfaces blind spots that assumption-based decision-making keeps hidden.
Decide with confidence
Common language reduces friction. When your team speaks the same vocabulary, decisions move faster.
Grow on purpose
Repeatable habits compound over time. One-off heroics don't scale. Systems do.
Keep your agency
You will always make better decisions for yourself. We improve clarity, not the conclusion you reach.
Whether you're starting as an individual or embedding risk managment across an entire organization, there's a right entry point for you.
Signature Workbook
The core framework in a practical reusable format. Apply it to quarterly planning, leadership discussions, and navigating change.
$59 – $89
One framework.
Four ways to use it.
01
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Co-Branded edition
Your logo and voice, wrapped around our proven framework. Ideal for associations and professional groups using it as a member resource.
$7.5k – $12.5k
02
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Custom Rewrite Edition
The framework rebuilt in your language with custom scenarios, terminology, and program integration for organizations scaling risk management internally.
$25k - $40k
03
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Train-the-trainer Program
Equip your facilitators to carry the framework forward. Embed the habits, not just ideas, so the value compounds across teams over time.
From $2k /day
04
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Popular EDition
Custom
Rewrite
Edition
Solutions
James presents to chambers, associations, and leadership groups. His talks don't just inform, they give audiences a framework they can use the next morning.
Many clients move from a single talk into workbooks and training once the framework takes hold.
Speaking Engagements
Bring the framework to your
- Risk & Opportunity: Finding Balance
- Shared Language as a Leadership Advantage
- Decision Systems for Teams in Transition
- Practical Risk Management for Mid-Market Leaders
- Moderator opportunities also available
next event.
30+ years helping leaders navigate complexity, from cybersecurity threats to economic disruption to the quiet risks that build when no one is asking the right questions.
James has worked inside large enterprises, government agencies, and hundreds of small and mid-sized businesses. Technical writer for Microsoft and McGraw-Hill. Based in Greater Seattle.
the person behind the work
FOunder - Executive Outliers
What decision would be easier if you could see the risk sooner?
How to get started
Three steps to embedded capability.
Start with the Signature Workbook or a speaking engagement. Introduce the vocabulary and structure to your leadership team, immediately applicable to your next planning cycle.
01
Get the Framework
Upgrade to a Co-Branded or Custom edition. Tailor the language, scenarios, and integration so the framework feels native to your organization, not borrowed.
02
Make it yours
Equip your internal facilitators through our Train-the-Trainer Program. Embed the habits across departments and leadership levels so the value grows with your organization.
03
Train & Compound
There's no wrong place to begin. Most organizations follow a natural path-- from a first conversation or talk, to the workbook, to deep organizational intergration.