Adaptive Crisis Strategy: Thriving Under Pressure

This book explains why crisis strategies fail and how adaptive organizations build resilience through sharper sensemaking and coordinated decision-making. Grounded in the experience of top leaders and informed by research, Adaptive Crisis Strategy explains why crisis strategies fail, and how adaptive organizations build resilience through sharper sensemaking, faster learning, and coordinated decision-making. This book provides a practical framework for anticipating shocks, adapting in real time, and strengthening crisis readiness across the organization. It combines rigorous analysis with hard-won leadership insight to offer a clear guide for navigating uncertainty, pressure and change. Rick Aalbers, Killian McCarthy, and Arjan Groen are recognized authorities in business research and practice. Their work has appeared in MIT Sloan Management Review and Harvard Business Review, among other leading outlets. It explores crisis, resilience, strategic change, and leadership under pressure.