Speaking & Events

Bring Workers’ Recovery to your audience

Bob Wilson is an experienced keynote who has delivered more than 200 presentations at industry conferences, seminars, and corporate events on topics ranging from workers’ compensation reform to emerging technology in the workplace to the power of communication in claims management. His presentations are consistently described as both entertaining and substantive — a combination that keeps audiences engaged while delivering practical, actionable content.

Bob Wilson speaking at conference

Available Presentations

The Case for Workers’ Recovery

The signature presentation. A lightheartedly serious tour of the workers’ compensation system’s most persistent failures, followed by a practical framework for doing better. Adaptable from a 30-minute keynote to a full-day workshop.

When the Why is as Important as the What

In today’s process intensive and often repetitive workplace, the ‘why’ behind our actions is often lost to the everyday demands of the ‘what.’ This session discusses looking beyond the surface of our actions (or inactions) to really understand the impact they have on the people we serve. Doing so will help us be better workers and achieve better outcomes.

Thank You For Holding. Your Injury Is Important to Us

This session explores the case for transforming Workers’ Compensation into Workers’ Recovery — a practical framework for evolving a century-old system from one that manages claims into one that restores lives. Based on the book “Thank You For Holding. Your Injury Is Important to Us”, attendees will take a lightheartedly serious tour through the system’s most glaring dysfunctions and discover actionable strategies for putting the recovering worker back at the center of every decision. Expect sharp humor, uncomfortable truths, and real solutions.

Return to Function: The Beating Heart of Workers’ Recovery

A focused session on why “return to function” must precede “return to work” — and the measurable impact this shift has on outcomes, costs, and worker engagement.

The First Five Minutes

For employers and supervisors: why the initial response to a workplace injury is the most important clinical intervention available, and how to get it right. Practical, role-play ready, and immediately implementable.

Rise of the Machines: AI and the Future of Workers’ Comp

An honest look at the technologies transforming the industry — the extraordinary promise, the significant dangers, and the choices that will determine whether they serve recovery or simply make the current system faster at doing the wrong things.

Communication: The Cheapest Tool in the Toolbox

Why communication failures drive more litigation, longer durations, and worse outcomes than any other single factor in the system — and what every stakeholder can do about it, starting tomorrow.

Booking Information

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Past Engagements

A Sampling of Bob’s Past Presentations:

  • CBCS Connections, AI in Workers’ Comp. Friend or Foe?, Dubuque, IA, September 2025
  • NWCDN Annual Conference, AI in Workers’ Comp, September 2025
  • Archway Insurance Training Conference, Orlando, FL, June 2025
  • CCWC Annual Conference, Battle of the Bloggers, Anaheim, CA, June 2025
  • Costco Training Days, When the Why is as Important as the What, Issaquah, WA, May 2025
  • WCI Educational Conference, Moderator – Technology Roundtable, Tech Now and Tech Tomorrow, Orlando, FL, August 21, 2024
  • General Session and Moderator of Regulator Roundtable, Louisiana Association of Business & Industry, October 3, 2024, Baton Rouge, LA
  • CBCS Corporate Training, Working Across Time, Challenges and Opportunities of a Multi-Generational Workforce, Dubuque, IA, September 26, 2024
  • Archway Insurance Training, General Session, “When the Why is as Important as the What,” Austin, TX, October 9, 2024
  • Nevada State Conference, Keynote Speaker, September 6, 2023
  • CBCS Corporate Training, When the Why is as Important as the What, Dubuque, IA, September 25, 2023
  • Colorado Annual WC Conference, When the Why is as Important as the What, Colorado Springs, CO, March 20, 2024
  • Costco Corporate Training, 2 Session Presentations, Issaquah, WA, May 9, 2024
  • TN BWC Conference, From the Front Lines: The Realities of Claims Management Today, Murfreesboro, TN, June 12, 2024
  • CWCC Annual Conference, Battle of the Bloggers Panel, Anaheim, CA, June 14, 2024
  • SAWCA All-Committee Conference, “Things That Make Bob Go, Hmmm,” Colorado Springs, CO, Nov 18, 2022 (Bob has moderated this closing session of every SAWCA event for the past 10 years)
  • WA IARP Conference, Keynote A Conversation w/ Vickie Kennedy & Ryan Guppy, Seattle, WA, October 27, 2022
  • National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters, Cape Coral, FL, May 9, 2023
  • Tennessee BWC Annual Conference, Keynote – “Wild & Wacky World of WC,” Nashville, TN, August 15, 2022
  • California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation, Bloggers Panel, Anaheim, CA, June 10, 2022
  • Athletico Work Comp Conference, Keynote Speaker, Appleton, WI, May 3, 2022
  • Colorado Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference, Moderator Regulators Roundtable, Colorado Springs, CO, March 21–23, 2022
  • Montana Self-Insurers Association, Virtual Presentation – Current Challenges in Comp, September 29, 2021
  • Kids’ Chance of Wisconsin Annual Gala, Keynote Speaker, Milwaukee, WI – February 8, 2020
  • Kids’ Chance of New Jersey Annual Gala, Keynote Speaker, Iselin, NJ, July 11, 2019
  • NWCDN Annual Conference, Keynote Speaker, “The Ethical Challenges of Anti-Engagement”, Chicago, IL, September 26, 2019
  • National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference, “Turning the Churn: A Vision for Workers’ Recovery,” Las Vegas, NV, December 6, 2018
  • Workers’ Compensation Committee of Alaska Spring Event, “The Road Ahead in the Wacky World of Comp,” Anchorage, AK, May 3, 2018
  • Insurance Council of Texas 2018 WC Seminar, Keynote: “Fire Up the Grill – What Opt-In Means Here vs. Other States,” Austin, TX, March 7, 2018
  • American Bar Association Mid-Winter Conference, Keynote Speaker, Phoenix, AZ, March 14, 2017
  • Kids’ Chance Arkansas Scholarship Luncheon, Master of Ceremonies, Governor’s Mansion, Little Rock, AR, July 27, 2017
  • McAndlish, Holton, Morris Annual Workers’ Comp Seminar, Keynote Presentation, Richmond, VA, September 27, 2017
  • Oregon Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference, Keynote Speaker – November 2, 2016
  • UPMC Workers’ Compensation Conference, Keynote: Workers’ Comp 20/20 – The Road Ahead, Pittsburgh, PA – October 14, 2016
  • Nebraska Combined Workers’ Compensation Conference, Keynote Speaker, Lincoln, NE – September 21, 2016
  • Montana Governor’s WC Conference, Co-Keynote w/ Joe Paduda & WC Debate, Bozeman, MT – August 24, 2016
  • Wisconsin OSI Conference, Keynote Speaker: Workers’ Comp 20/20 – The Road Ahead, Neenah, WI – April 21, 2016
  • Kids’ Chance of Wisconsin Annual Conference, Keynote Speaker, Milwaukee, WI – February 25, 2016
  • 2015 VT Workers’ Comp Conference – Keynote Speaker – “Meeting the Challenges of the Next 100 Years”, Montpelier, VT, September 15, 2015
  • College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Induction Dinner, Keynote Speaker – “Exclusive Remedy Is No Laughing Matter,” Naples, FL – March 21, 2015