From Bob's Cluttered Desk

If you live on the west coast of Florida, there is a better than average chance you've heard of Les McCurdy. For over twenty-five years, his operation, McCurdy's Comedy Club, has brought top name talent to Sarasota. Les has great connections in the industry. Larry the Cable Guy gives Les credit for helping start his…

Oh, my, there must be no joy in Muddville this evening. At the very least some sleepless nights must be occurring somewhere out there in the hinterlands. It is only natural, after all, when the extra marital affair website you’ve subscribed to gets hacked, and everything about your perverted sexual life is about to be…

I find the world of workers’ compensation quite fascinating at times. It is a world that seemingly never changes, yet is always in flux. It is a legalistic, actuarily driven universe awash in human drama, where there is seemingly no end to conflict or the suspense of competition. A great example of this occurred last…

An employment lawsuit reported today in the CompNewsNetwork caught my eye for reasons you will soon appreciate. The lawsuit was filed by a Mingo County, West Virginia mine worker who claims that his foreman painted his genitals white after he complained of exposure to excessive amounts of coal dust while working. And the lawsuit claims…

Business Insurance reported yesterday that the association Florida Workers’ Advocates has petitioned the Florida Supreme Court to review “Padgett”; a case that challenged the constitutionality of Florida’s workers compensation system. Last year Miami Dade Circuit Court Judge Jorge Cueto’s ruled that the state’s workers comp system was unconstitutional citing continual erosion of benefits for injured…

Last Friday the Nebraska Supreme Court overturned a workers’ compensation court decision awarding benefits to a man injured during a company cookout. The employee fell off the back of a pickup truck unloading a grill for the event, held by his employer, Aurora Cooperative, which owns grain elevators in southeast and south-central Nebraska. The cookout…

There were a couple speakers at last weeks AASCIF 2015 conference that touched heavily on the concept of innovation and change; a big focus of the overall event. Terry Jones, founder of the original online travel agency Travelocity and founding Chairman of kayak.com, made it an outright part of his presentation. Dom Sagolla, one of…

I’m headed home today from AASCIF 2015, and hopefully I’ll have time on the plane to start putting some of my thoughts into written form. This was, without a doubt, a “leadership vision conference” that surpassed anything I’ve seen before – anywhere. In the interim, however, I would like you to take a look at…

We’ve just completed the second full day of AASCIF 2015 here in San Francisco, and I honestly don’t even know where to begin. Seriously, while this event has always been known as a fun conference with good speakers and outstanding events, this year has been off the charts when it comes to the actual conference…

Last January my wife was in a minor car accident. She and her father had just left his house and were on their way to St. Petersburg to visit her brother, who was in the hospital. While sitting at a red light, they were rear ended by a woman in a small truck.  Neither my…