crisis mode
All hands situation
Crisis mode is a state of urgent, high-intensity response to an emergency or serious problem.
Organizations enter crisis mode when normal operations give way to damage control: The company went into crisis mode after the data breach.
For individuals, it describes operating under sustained stress, often at the expense of long-term planning: I've been in crisis mode since my mom got sick.
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
scramble · triage · alarm · overdrive · firefighting · damage control · in the weeds · red alert · battle stations · crunch time · pressure · adrenaline · frantic · overwhelm · breakdown · desperate · all-hands · war room
- desperate measureslast resort, desperate plea, desperation move, last ditch, last chance
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- emergencies911, ambulance, emergency, emergency room, ER
- modesnight vision
- overwhelmedstressed, overwhelmed, stressed out, burnt out, burned out
- alert levelsDEFCON, red alert, orange alert, yellow alert, elevated
crisis modebusiness as usual
Continuation of normal routine
steady state · autopilot · maintenance mode · standard operating procedure · day-to-day operations
crisis modecalm
Free from agitation
composure · equanimity · relaxed state · zen mode · serenity
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