I recently had the opportunity to interview
Michele Wucker, who is an author, speaker and strategist on the topic of risk. Her most recent book is
You Are What You Risk: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World.
It was a very engaging interview and the longest podcast I’ve ever recorded — we barely scratched the surface. Her book would be an excellent text for courses in emergency management to educate people on the topic of risk, so we can manage it ourselves and address programmatic and public education efforts with a more informed position.
If you are a working professional in our field, I also highly recommend it for your reading. It is written in plain English and I found it very informative and applicable to our profession.
Watch for the
Disaster Zone podcast and my interview with her coming in the third week of May!
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.
