According to the Oxford Dictionary, the opposite of risk is safety. People like safety. Teachers like safety. It is the fear of stepping outside this safety which stops us taking risks.
But without risk we would never experience adventure; there would be no creativity, no innovation; we would never act on inspiration. Our students would never over-achieve.
With increased risk comes increased need for control. Nobody is advocating anarchy. Not all our students will enjoy free-falling through a task, so it is essential that we have things under control and assure them the lesson is well-planned and that we intend to take them through a carefully orchestrated process.
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