About the stages of the process of crisis and crises that can be prevented
The article examines the approaches of different authors to distinguishing stages in the development of crisis situations. Despite all the differences, inevitably caused by the diverse nature of the crises themselves, there are certain features common to all such studies. A crisis is considered as an evolving process, with a clearly determined time frame. At the initial stage of the crisis a special role in detecting and preventing the threat is given to the weak signals coming from a variety of sources. The post-crisis analysis of the specific example of plane crash demonstrates that timely detection of weak signals opens possibilities for preventing or substantially reducing the crisis using cheap and often almost obvious measures.