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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Machine Vision and Artificial Intelligence for Risk Management

Technologies like smart phones, blue tooth devices and LCD displays in vehicles are contributing factors to the distractions that lead to collisions. However, technologies like machine vision and artificial intelligence are working against distractions—to detect risky driving behavior and distraction before they lead to a collision.

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The Power and Potential of Becoming a Change Agent

Almost everyone is trying very hard to fix something or change someone or improve somehow, but few people embrace change as a core competency. Change is hard, change tests your resilience, but change can be the most powerful tool deployed by leaders.

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Non-Pharmacological Alternatives to Opioid Medication

Remember opioids? They’ve been overshadowed recently by Covid-19, but the CDC found that opioids were involved in 46,802 overdose deaths in 2018 – a very slight improvement over 2017’s 47,600 deaths.

Truth is, we have begun to make genuine progress on the opioid front.  Some states have drawn legislation or regulations that better control physicians’ freedom to prescribe.

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Contract Review: Understanding Hidden Costs in Healthcare

A contract or administrative services agreement is a necessity for every employer, but these documents can range from a hundred to a few hundred pages.

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COSO Vs. ISO 31000: A Comparison

Over the last two years, both COSO and ISO have issued revised versions of their ERM Framework and Standard, respectively.

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Best Practices to Avoid a Cyber Attack

A look behind the scenes from a broker, risk manager and IT director, on changing and updating protocols, procedures and hardware to create a best practice environment for cybersecurity.

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Best Practices in Pool Loss Control

There’s no question that an effective loss control effort is an essential step in the risk management process. All too often, the risk pool management attempts to launch loss control & safety programs before substantially defining the “why”… in other words, knowing the mission of the effort, and fully understanding the business philosophy behind that mission.

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Creating a Culture of Risk Management

This entertaining and educational session will motivate and rejuvenate you to build an environment where employees feel empowered to protect not only themselves but each other.

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Toxic Individuals – Toxic Workplaces

What is a “toxic person,” and if left to his/her own devices how do they create a “toxic” workplace? Most importantly, how does this toxicity affect employee engagement?

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