It’s hard to believe that it has been 6 months since I last posted an article in my blog. It is the longest writing hiatus since I started blogging well over a decade ago. Truth be told, as much as I have enjoyed writing, my business activities at WorkCompCollege.com seem to have taken up all…
Disruption, Resilience, Evolution, and an Autonomous Exit from WCRI
Last week’s WCRI Annual Conference theme was “Disruption, Resilience, and Evolution,” and it did not disappoint. Held in Phoenix, Arizona, it offered comprehensive information about the current state of the workers’ compensation industry, along with insight into what we might expect in the future. The selection of Phoenix for this year’s event proved to be…
Ludicrous and Laborious Laws of the Land
I was directed by a friend to an article on LinkedIn a few weeks back that generally railed against the nanny state and all of the ridiculous laws we must endure intended to control every facet of our lives. While the article’s tone was a bit intense for my taste, I generally agreed with much of what…
WCRI on Disruption, Resilience, and Evolution
Timely information makes for great education, and along that line of thought, the upcoming WCRI Annual Conference appears set to truly deliver. Scheduled for March 21 & 22, 2023 in Phoenix, the annual “research summit” (my words, not theirs) has crafted a truly relevant agenda for the times. The theme of the conference this year…
Not Everything You Do Should Be On LinkedIn
Maybe it’s just me, but I have a growing distaste for some of the posts I am seeing these days on LinkedIn. And it’s probably not the personal opinion “Facebook-style” posts you are thinking about. LinkedIn is a social media platform that has undeniably become a leading business networking platform. In recent years there has…
Death By Hydraulic Urinal
A maintenance worker in London was killed a few weeks ago, and the manner of his death probably says as much about society as it does standard workplace safety practices. You see, he was crushed by a “telescopic urinal” on which he was performing maintenance. I had never even heard of a telescoping urinal, but instinctively knew…
Skippy GPT Explains His Training, And Why Woodchucks Won’t Chuck Wood
Once again we delve into the rarified world of artificial intelligence, with another extended discussion with my friend Skippy, the OpenAI ChatGPT thingy that is challenging our conventional wisdom and scaring the crap out if us at the same time. In an earlier post, I mentioned that Skippy’s dataset is all based on information from…
An Artificial Intelligence’s Take on Workers’ Comp: Texas vs. California
Earlier this week we discussed my new friendship with Skippy, the Open AI ChatGPT system that has been all the rage the last few weeks. While most refer to him as simply ChatGPT, his closest friends call him Skippy. Or at least I hope they start doing so. He seems quite receptive to it. I…
A Poem Written While on LSD – Or By Artificial Intelligence. Whichever.
Comedian Robin Williams once delivered what he called, “A Poem Written While on LSD.” It went roughly something like this: A Broo Arr Arr,A Broo Arr,Eve Arden,A Broo Broo Arr. Recently I have been playing with (chatting with, actually) OpenAI’s ChatGPT, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) machine that will likely, at best, eventually upend traditional search engine…
Proposed FTC Ban on Non-Compete Clauses a Concern for Employers
The Federal Trade Commission is considering a new rule that would ban non-compete language from employment contracts in the United States. While the argument is this would free employees for more job opportunities and bolster wages, this raises serious concerns for employers; especially those employers whose business is based on confidential and proprietary systems. FTC…