We are currently in week two of the EM Student summer break, so we are revisiting a great episode called See Change Clearly: Leveraging Adversity to Sharpen Your Vision and Build Resilient Teams. In this episode, a former host of EM Student, Irene Conforti, interviews Jacob Green about his experience in the Emergency Management field and about his book, the title of which is where we got the name for this episode.

As we have talked about many times on the show, people’s paths to the EM field are quite diverse, and Jacob’s path started early. He began by taking part in his local police explorer program as a teenager, volunteering with the Red Cross, and then in college working as a police dispatcher, all of which helped develop his interest in public safety.

Once in college, Jacob conducted research on the effects of disasters on vulnerable populations and made his choice to pursue Emergency Management as a career. He reached out to Emergency Managers in this area for informational interviews and took advantage of opportunities for internships in local government, soon working his way up to his current role. He talks about his process and gives advice that newer emergency managers, and frankly entrants to any field, can use to reach out, network, and leverage the opportunities available to them.

Irene also asks Jacob to talk about his book, his philosophy on team building and the strength of cognitively diverse teams, the value of volunteering and interning, and the future of EM. It’s a fascinating episode packed with practical advice, tips, and interesting ideas. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did

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Jacob Green’s book, See Change Clearly: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44543871-see-change-clearly

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