We spend our days, weeks, months and years focusing on what we can do as emergency managers and first responders to improve the disaster resilience of our respective jurisdictions and companies. However, the economic ecosystem that we exist in is called “the economy.”
Here is a great article on the economy, which is in a serious state of flux as we come out of the worst impacts, economically, of the pandemic: “
The economy isn’t going back to February 2020. Fundamental shifts have occurred.”
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The title says it all. Significant changes are underway for labor, housing, manufacturing and people’s attitudes toward their life choices. All of the above will impact us individually and as families, and those changes will also impact our professions and perhaps our own employment choices.
Eric Holdeman is a nationally known emergency manager. He has worked in emergency management at the federal, state and local government levels. Today he serves as the Director, Center for Regional Disaster Resilience (CRDR), which is part of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER). The focus for his work there is engaging the public and private sectors to work collaboratively on issues of common interest, regionally and cross jurisdictionally.
