Podcasts & Blogs

Featuring emerging issues impacting the public risk management community, listen and read these resources to remain cognizant of best practices in the profession!
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An Epidemic Amid a Pandemic: Opioid Abuse

On this week’s podcast, Nikki Wilson highlights the prevalence of opioid use and opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, which enhanced an already pervading national emergency.

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When Ignorance is Bliss: Observing Employees

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.

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Five Ways to Mitigate Health Plan Risks

In this week’s podcast, Lisa Stamm discusses various strategies for mitigating health plan risks. 

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How to Prevent and Protect Against Workplace Shootings Post-COVID

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.

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Achieving Balance: Technology Advancements v. Human Care (Part 2)

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.

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Do We Have To? Why FEMA Should Be Part of Your Risk Management

In this podcast, Joe Blasi, Jeb McPherson and Edie Mitchell discuss the importance of having FEMA as part of your risk management strategy.

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Achieving Balance: Technology Advancements v. Human Care (Part 1)

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

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First Responders Protect Us: Let’s Help Them Heal!

Gerry Stanley gives his expertise and experience on ways to identify injuries or trauma encountered by first responders.

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The Importance of the Interactive Process in Workers’ Compensation and Beyond

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.

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