Podcasts & Blogs

I often think that successful safety programs are driven by the personality of the risk management/safety office within an organization, primarily by safety personnel that are in the field. In my experience, when observing employees conduct their work, I think ignorance is bliss.

Workplace shootings—and shootings in general—are not going away. In fact, they’ve been on the rise in recent years, even during the pandemic when many workers were at home.

Data collection should not solely be left to machines.  While we might believe that technology makes collecting data easier, it has also been shown that collecting additional information is much easier when the requestors are demonstrably empathic. Part 2 focuses on speed, automation and triage.

In a world filled with advancing technology, risk managers need to understand trends to better predict and address future challenges. Most technology predictions that appear in magazine articles or marketing materials are exaggerated visions of more and faster. Part 1 covers risk modeling and communication

Risk managers and human resource professionals have an opportunity to collaborate in ways that will benefit their organizations as well as provide a more seamless employee experience. The connection of workers’ compensation and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides an insightful illustration of why this broader collaboration is so important.