May I suggest that you start being a consumer of studies and research associated with our line of business? Yes, you are busy with "work" and delivering programs, but there is so much new information and technology out there that you cannot remain in a static information state. You might not be able to consume every document or lesson, but you must do something in regard to expanding your knowledge and current research.
If you have the luxury of more than one staff member, maybe you can divide up the task and have people with specific interests concentrate in a specific area and then share what they are learning with one another.
Would you go to a doctor who graduated from medical school 20 years ago and has not kept current with new medical information? Instead, basing everything he or she knows upon on their "personal experience" in treating patients? "Well, that didn't work!" Let's try this instead ...
It is part of being a "professional" emergency manager.
