Your Product Is Weaker Without Risk in the Room

Product wants speed. Risk wants control. That tension is normal. But when these teams work in isolation, things break.

I have seen products shipped with flows that looked good in design but failed in real use. Risk systems layered on top after launch instead of built in from the start. Rules added reactively. Support flooded. Metrics dropping.

It does not have to be like that.

When product and risk are on the same page, you get cleaner flows, fewer support tickets, better retention, and clearer signals. Not because one team wins, but because both understand what matters and why.

This is where a neurodivergent perspective helps.

Neurodivergent users often notice friction early. They follow logic in different ways. They do not skim past assumptions. So when something is confusing, unclear, or overly rigid, they hit it hard and fast. That is not a problem to fix. it is a signal to learn from.

If your product team listens to the edge cases flagged by risk
If your risk team engages with user behaviour instead of just threat models
If both teams ask why a rule exists and what it feels like to a real person
Then you build systems that actually work, for more people, with less fallout

Good collaboration between product and risk is not just internal hygiene. It is a competitive advantage. Especially when you build with difference in mind from the start.