#104, Do What I Didn’t Do… If You Like Breathing

About this episode

Bobbie reflects on the loss of a close friend and mentor due to a work-related illness, sharing insights on the impact of such experiences.

Two weeks ago, I lost my long time friend, mentor and type 1 Incident Commander to a work related illness. He died after being sick for a couple years. Those last two years for him were not good ones. And his illness was the result of our Incident Management Teams deployment to the World Trade […]

People in this episode

Host: Bobbie Scopa

Topics covered

• loss
• grief
• friendship
• mentorship
• work-related illness
• incident management
• personal reflection

Keywords

• loss
• grief
• friend
• mentor
• incident commander
• work illness
• personal story

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