Foucault’s ideas about power, knowledge, and the limits of systems make him a risk management role model.

Ideology (our values, assumptions, and mental shortcuts) shapes what we notice, trust, and consider acceptable, especially when data is limited or uncertainty is high. While ideology can enable speed and coherence, unchallenged or dominant worldviews create blind spots, making it critical for organisations and risk teams to surface assumptions, encourage diverse perspectives, and question the stories they tell about themselves.