%0 Journal Article
%T Taming Deep Uncertainty: The Potential of Pragmatist Principles for Understanding and Improving Strategic Crisis Management
%A Arjen Boin
%A Chris Ansell
%J Administration & Society
%@ 1552-3039
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0095399717747655
%X Modern societies are increasingly faced with ¡°unknown unknowns,¡± Black Swans, and mega-crises. Both public and corporate leaders find it deeply challenging to respond to these crisis events. Existing approaches and tools to cope with crisis-induced uncertainty are of little help in these dynamic environments. This article explores how the principles of Pragmatism may provide the building blocks for a theory of effective strategic crisis management. We argue that these principles, formulated by a group of American philosophers in a time of deep uncertainty, provide a way of thinking that will help practitioners prepare for, and deal with, emerging risks, crises, and disasters
%K leadership
%K Pragmatism
%K strategic crisis management
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0095399717747655