Scott Cameron of Emergency Management Logistics Canada examines risk and systems thinking.

To reach out to this featured guest on the Green Antler's #waterfowl podcast please email [email protected]. Scott Cameron talks about building better systems, social service networks and a community based grassroots emergency management sector. The platform he is building, with his team, is meant to be a simple profile (15-20 minutes of your time to create) we make ourselves that connects us to others, who are also ready for suprises. To be administrating a continuously updated list of vendors for sandbags or heilicopters, among other objectives. Often hazard risk assesments cover a wide range of costs to society that measures in the billions of dollars. Sometimes we look to governments to solve these types of problems but small business with social purpose can really be a player to be givers of support and take advantage of crisis. Especially when they are happening in a series or never ending. One thing that is certain that it is a collaboration is essential. In practice we need to respond and recover but to know that this could be years to rebuild. Often small communities don't have procurement departments but we still need to check out what tool are available to us. We talk about making partnerships and doing work off the corner of your desk in a voluntary labour of love. Be it education or health I commend opportunistic start ups for trying to redirect some of the pressure on strained systems. Not in a predatory capitalize on the suffering of others way but in a delicate dance of givers and takers that redundancy can strengthen. In the ongoing emergency that is the pandemic we are seeing more economic development and small business recovery focus on social ills and supporting resiliency in our communities.