👉 Crisis engineering is a specialized field focused on managing and mitigating complex, high-stakes crises that emerge unexpectedly, often involving multiple stakeholders, systems, or domains. Unlike traditional engineering, which addresses predictable failures, crisis engineering deals with the chaotic and rapidly evolving nature of crises—such as natural disasters, cyberattacks, or public health emergencies—where the goal is not just to prevent failure but to minimize harm, restore critical functions, and learn from the event to improve future resilience. It emphasizes proactive planning, real-time decision-making under uncertainty, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and adaptive strategies to navigate ambiguity, ensuring that responses are both effective and sustainable amid intense pressure and information overload.
