Gut instinct feels fast and familiar, but it can quietly sink a well planned risk strategy. From trusting familiar partners to overlooking data signals, intuitive decision making often leads to blind spots that put projects and profits in danger. This brief explores the top three ways intuition misleads teams and why pairing instincts with insights leads to safer, stronger outcomes.

Risk scoring is only as strong as the data and context behind it. Too often, contractors and risk managers rely on outdated numbers, overweight single metrics, or treat scores like predictions instead of insights. In this article, Maple Insight breaks down the five most common subcontractor risk scoring mistakes—and how to avoid them—so your decisions are accurate, consistent, and defensible.