Wednesdays with Woodward
Wednesdays with Woodward is a new webinar series hosted by Joan Woodward, President of the Travelers Institute, which explores pressing topics impacting individuals and businesses. Through candid conversations with thought leaders, she delivers practical advice to help address today’s challenges. Join her as she interviews experts on topics such as cybersecurity threats as a result of remote employees, small business liability issues, the economic and political outlook, managing employee stress and anxiety and more.
Upcoming Webinars
Past Webinar Replays
Resilience In Times of Uncertainty
Life is complicated, and some days can feel overwhelming. This is true now, more than ever given a polarizing political landscape and the ongoing pandemic. It’s important to take care of ourselves, so we can support family members, neighbors and our communities. In this installment of the Wednesdays with Woodward webinar series, Wendy Wollner walked attendees through self-care strategies and tips for building resilience during uncertain times.
View the November 4th webinar here >>
Leading Through Crisis: A Conversation with Team Rubicon Co-Founder & CEO Jake Wood
In this installment of the Travelers Institute’s Wednesdays with Woodward webinar series, Team Rubicon Co-Founder and CEO Jake Wood shared strategies for leading through crisis, drawn from his experience on the battlefield and in disaster zones. Wood, a former U.S. Marine Scout Sniper, leads one of the fastest growing non-profit organizations in America, which repurposes the skills of military veterans to respond to disasters. Under his leadership, Team Rubicon has responded to over 700 disasters since 2010, including wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and now the COVID-19 pandemic.
View the October 28th webinar here >>
Cybersecurity During the Pandemic
In honor of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Travelers' Cyber Risk Control Director Ken Morrison joined the Wednesdays with Woodward series to explore findings from the 2020 Travelers Risk Index. Morrison discussed the latest cybersecurity threats and trends and shared actions businesses can take to safeguard their networks.
View the October 21st webinar here >>
Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset: Employee Safety During COVID-19
Protecting employee health and limiting the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the workplace is not a one-time event. In this webinar, representatives from Travelers Risk Control and the National Safety Council shared recommendations for employers to safely transition employees back to their workplace.
View the October 7th webinar here >>
Crafting Your Comeback
This conversation featured Mika Brzezinski and Ginny Brzezinski, co-authors of "Comeback Careers: Rethink, Refresh, Reinvent Your Success - At 40, 50 and Beyond," and Ashley Wilson, Executive Director, Women Taking the Lead Program, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The group discussed strategies from job coaches and tips to overcome internal and external barriers to success.
An Inside Look at IntelliDrive, Travelers' Telematics Program to Encourage Safer Driving Behaviors
This webinar explored how technology can help combat distracted driving - and why this issue is as important today as ever given current public health concerns. Speakers from Travelers and TrueMotion explained how IntelliDrive, Travelers' telematics app, works and how it is encouraging safer driving behaviors.
Life After Shelter in Place: A Conversation with Stanford University School of Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor, MD
While there are still many unknowns about COVID-19, we are all eager to restore a sense of normalcy to our lives. Dr. Lloyd Minor, Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine offered a medical perspective on coronavirus, including what it will take to achieve widespread diagnostic and antibody testing, digital symptom tracking and contact tracing, the development of effective treatments and vaccines, and virtual health care.
View the August 19th webinar here>>
Liability Issues for Businesses in the Time of COVID-19
Business owners are preparing to reopen their doors, implementing enhanced safety measures to welcome back employees and customers. The successful reopening will be key to improving the economic health of communities across the country. But as they look forward to reopening, many business owners are concerned about potential liability related to COVID-19. In this webinar, the Travelers Institute explored liability issues for business owners and what can be done to help small businesses get back to business.
View the August 5th webinar here>>
Emotional and Social Reintegration in the Age of COVID-19
Few global events in recent years have had the immediate and far-reaching economic, financial, social, emotional and health consequences as a previously unknown Coronavirus did and expect to continue to having in the coming months. Social restrictions are being eased, and we are seeing a return to the workplace, but the pandemic’s impact on physical and mental well-being may not be fully known for years. Dr. Marcos Iglesias joined the Travelers Institute for a discussion on emloyee sterss and anxiety during this time.
View the July 22nd webinar here>>
PATH to Reopening Your Business
As states define guidelines for reopening after shutdowns related to COVID-19, every business needs a strong plan for a successful reopening of the workplace for customers and employees. The Travelers Institute and Risk Control team shared strategies to create a plan to reopen, how to apply a risk management approach to address COVID-19 and the four-step process that can help you safely get back to business.
View the July 1st webinar here>>
Return to Work with Cybersecurity
As companies prepare for employees to return to work, they are implementing enhanced safety measures to protect employee health. But what about protecting the health of their computer networks? Cyber thought leaders explored cyber threats impacting work-from-home devices, and how lingering malware on these devices could impact corporate networks as employees return to the office.
View the June 11th webinar here>>