As CIO, you’re in the risk business. Or rather, every part of your responsibilities entails risk, whether you’re paying attention to it or not. And in spite of the spate of books that extol risk-taking as the only smart path, it’s worth remembering that their authors don’t face what might be the biggest risk CIOs have to deal with every day: executive teams adept at preaching risk-taking without actually supporting it. There are, for example, those in leadership roles who, while promoting the value of risk-taking, also insist on “holding people accountable.” If this is a popular phrase in your…