Geena Davis

Geena Davis is an American actress, producer and activist known for roles in Thelma & Louise, The Accidental Tourist (for which she won an Academy Award), and A League of Their Own. She founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media to research and promote gender balance and inclusion in film and television.

Quotes by Geena Davis

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If you risk nothing, then you risk everything. — Geena Davis

The Hidden Dangers of Playing It Safe

Finally, translating the principle into practice means shaping decisions, not dramatizing them. Favor reversible moves and run small experiments; Amazon’s distinction between two-way and one-way doors (Bezos, 2016) helps delineate which bets demand caution and which invite speed. Use premortems to imagine failure in advance and prunemortems to identify what to stop (Klein, 2007). Compare the risks of action to the risks of inaction explicitly—over months and years, not days. By bounding downside and preserving upside, you honor the spirit of the quote: the greatest exposure lies not in daring wisely, but in refusing to dare at all. [...]

Created on: 10/26/2025