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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Insurance Requirements in Contracts: Tips for Effectively Transferring Risk

James Curbeam and Courtney Ramirez address the longstanding question, How much insurance is enough? Also discussed are the benefits to standardizing policies and procedures, and how to further streamline language and reviewing requirements.

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Risk Assessment for Jails and Lock-Ups: Addressing Critical Issues

The public focus has been heightened on law enforcement operations resulting in additional policies and procedures, as well as increased emphasis during training and implementation.

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Addressing the Biggest Challenges in Youth Protection Risk Management

In this episode, Joaquina Scott Kankam, director and senior consultant at School of Solutions, addresses what risk management professionals misunderstand about youth protection and the subsequent issues that follow.

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How to Incentivize Your Workers’ Compensation Pool

Oftentimes, focus is set on the fund balance of a workers’ compensation pool. We lose sight of the importance of preventing incidents/claims from occurring in the first place and the overall impact that can have on the fund balance.

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Injury Prevention Programs and Early Symptom Intervention

Steven Clark discusses the primary drivers and strategies that employers should examine in order to prevent or reduce incidents in the workplace.

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Smart City Infrastructure: A Background for Risk Management (Part 2)

Perhaps the largest looming risk in smart cities is the increase in systems that rely on connectivity. The last few years have shown us that public entities are not exempt from cybercrime. In fact, cities and municipalities seem to be prominent targets.

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The Neuroscience of Mentor/Mentee Relationships

Brent Holman explains the art of mentoring from personal experience as a mentee as he provides insight into the biggest challenges and benefits of mentoring.

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Smart City Infrastructure: A Background for Risk Management (Part 1)

In the past decade, more cities have been focusing on advanced infrastructure to improve public services. The objective is to make the city services operate more efficiently and safely for all residents and visitors, and to be more equitable for citizens who have traditionally been underserved.

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How to Educate Employees on Workers’ Compensation without Giving the Store Away

In this episode, Daniel Hurley and Brad Wilson discuss the biggest challenges with introducing a TPA to a self administered program, the necessity of reviewing policies with a department in order to break through specific cultural perceptions, and how to improve communication and to build rapport.

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