Alessandro Margherita, Gianluca Elia, Gianluca Solazzo, Luca Gatti, and Annemarie Poorterman
Rethink crisis management not as containment, but as a generative force in the long arcs of systemic change.
Crises are not just moments of disruption; they are turning points in the arcs of systemic transformation. Yet, traditional crisis response remains reactive, fragmented, and disconnected from long-term change strategies. How can organisations and institutions reframe crisis management as a process of structured adaptation, resilience-building, and systemic renewal? This panel explores a Coordination Science Framework that redefines crisis management by embedding orchestration, intelligence, and transformation into how organisations anticipate, respond to, and evolve through crises.
This session is organised by Annemarie Poorterman for CHÔRA Design, a strategic innovation firm based in the Netherlands specialising in the design and management of Portfolios of Options for social transformation, system renewal and competitive edge, with a particular focus on the intersection of climate change and the social contract. CHÔRA’s approach is one of co-design, curiosity, and exploration.
Panellists from governance, design, crisis management, and strategic foresight will discuss:
Crisis as a Transformational Arc
How emergency response and long-term systemic adaptation must be integrated.
Coordination as a Systemic Capability
How the Coordination Core (Flow, Share, Fit) enables coherent multi-stakeholder response.
From Reaction to Regeneration
How organisations leverage crises as opportunities to restructure and reimagine system architectures.
Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
The role of anticipatory intelligence, strategic foresight, and adaptive governance in crisis response.
Portfolio-Based Approaches to Crisis Management
How dynamic portfolios structure interventions that unfold over time.
Related CHÔRA article
Bridging Crisis Management and Transformational Practice: A New Coordination Framework
