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Each of these constitutes a crisis by definition, as a sudden situation that poses a severe threat to organizational functioning (a disruption of routine).<\/p>\n<p>This study re-examines these events through a strategic perspective, according to which every crisis, even after its formal conclusion, leaves behind \u201cresidues\u201d, cultural, operational, and pedagogical traces. These residues accumulate and give rise to a complex \u201cnew routine\u201d that is not a simple return to the past. Analyzing the events through this lens makes it possible to derive deep strategic insights that go beyond isolated operational solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between March 2020 and September 2025, the Technion experienced an unprecedented sequence of crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, the October 7 attack, the \u201cIron Swords\u201d war and Operation \u201cNorthern Arrows,\u201d a large-scale cyberattack, and a tragic laboratory accident. 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