Dynamic capabilities research is hampered by a theoretical divide. This divide concerns, first, whether dynamic capabilities are routine or not, and, second, whether firms in dynamic environments deploy routine or non‐routine dynamic capabilities. The divide is significant for theory, as it...

In extreme contexts, actors must often engage in collective sensemaking to enable coordinated action. While prior research has established that cognitive disparities and emotive distractions disrupt collective sensemaking, we lack theory on how actors overcome these common challenges in extreme...