As a project manager with a great deal of training in decision making, Alex is to be taken seriously when he tells his subordinates, "We’re in a crisis situation." He is referring to a(n)

circumstance that requires educated minds to address, because intuition alone will not prove adequate

Explanation:

Alex is to be taken seriously because a crisis situation refers to a threat to the organization from nowhere. The stability of the organization is likely to be threatened by this. To address this crisis, educated minds need to come together to provide a solution as intuition alone is not going to be enough to manage the crisis. They need to come together to prevent the crisis or to stabilize the situation.

it's obviously d. it could be c though.