Innovation In Compliance With Tom Fox

In today’s show, host Tom Fox speaks with Shaina Weisinger of Repurpose House, a company that repurposes long-form content into optimized social media posts. Shaina had years of experience in digital marketing strategy and established Repurpose House when she realized that her clients wanted repurposed content, a niche in the marketplace that no other company was filling. She chats with Tom about why repurposing is a good strategy, how she built her offshore team and her company’s 5 core principles.Why Repurpose?Marketers  struggle to consistently create new content for social media. Usually they already have high quality content that converted and got a lot of engagement. Repurposing proven content is a strategy Shaina specializes in: she takes longer-form content (such as blog posts, webinars and speeches) and breaks them up into many different pieces of content in a way that’s optimized for social media. If you've already taken the time to create the content, she says, don't just let it die.Building a

What to Say During a Crisis with Eden GillottWhen you’re dealing with drama and you want to know what to do and what to say, Eden Gillott is the person to go to. She has been the President of Gillott Communications, a crisis PR firm, for over 11 years. She chats with Tom Fox about what a company should say in a crisis situation, how to prepare for a crisis in advance, and common mistakes to avoid.What to Say During a CrisisEden defines a crisis as anything that threatens your reputation in a way that will interrupt your business. Whenever there is a crisis incident, especially one that involves loss of life, your company should express sorrow and empathy, and should never make light of the fact that people have lost their lives. You should also think about your key message and goals: ideally, your strategy should include your short-term reaction, but also consider the long-term impact of your actions.How To Prepare For a Crisis While you can never predict a crisis, there are ways to prepare in advance. Think

In today’s show, Amy Kadomatsu joins host Tom Fox to share how her company makes compliance simple for their clients. Amy is the Chief Operating Officer at ComplySci, a provider of regulatory technology for financial and professional services companies. ComplySci helps its 1200 clients in 51 countries monitor and manage employee risk, by leveraging technology to transform their day to day operations with digital compliance.360° Employee Risk Management. Tom asks Amy, should a COO think about using a solution like ComplySci? And how it would help them integrate compliance into the business, but also satisfy the articulated requirements from the Department of Justice. Amy responds that it’s imperative to understand the needs of the business and try to engage end users into a culture of compliance. As the COO, you should also think about what you need to monitor and manage within employee risk. She describes how ComplySci’s multithreaded solution provides a 360° view of end users to help the company stay wi

Jeff Kushner, Chief Marketing Officer at Allgress, speaks with Tom Fox about what companies should look for in a platform to innovate and automate the compliance function. Allgress provides an integrated solution that automates risk and compliance management with simplicity and quick time to value. Jeff talks about the challenges businesses face with regard to the compliance function and how Allgress can help.The Biggest Compliance ChallengesKeeping pace with workflows, processes and requirements often leads to constant firefighting, fines, increased costs, and loss of accountability. These issues stem from the use of manual methods in the compliance function. Many companies do not quite understand how automation can help. Requirement changes and reporting remains the biggest challenge: compliance challenges continue to rise and so too personal liability of compliance staff and executives. Reducing business risk with innovation has become a top priority for organizations, in order to manage rapid changes and

Our illustrious guest on this week’s show is Jeffrey Hayzlett, the founder and CEO of C-Suite Network. He chats with host Tom Fox about his podcast network and what he sees as the future of podcasting.The Evolution of C-Suite RadioJeffrey has had a very successful career in the corporate world: he has bought and sold over 250 businesses, completed $25 billion in transactions, was the Chief Marketing Officer for Eastman Kodak, a Fortune 10 Company. He was also a judge on the Celebrity Apprentice for 3 years, working with Mark Burnett and Donald Trump. He shares how he transitioned from his own Prime Time TV show into podcasting, eventually starting C-Suite Radio, which is now the world’s largest business podcast network.C-Suite Network as a Trusted SourceThe C-Suite Network includes C-Suite Radio, TV, Book Club and several other clubs and councils. Jeffrey wants listeners to know that they are getting an authoritative source: the network offers a breadth of knowledge as well as diversity of thought. Just like

On today’s episode of the Innovation in Compliance Podcast with host Tom Fox, we get to meet Neha Gupta, chief executive officer at True Office Learning who shares the importance of effective training within an organization. Tom first met Neha at a presentation where she was speaking on innovative compliance techniques for training and what he got was a much broader appreciation of behavioral science around compliance programs. From Business to ComplianceTom asks Neha how she worked her way up to the CEO chair. Neha explains how life is 50% serendipity and 50% plans that never quite turn out that way. She started her career in business, thinking of herself to be « not a lawyer by trade, a data science geek and engineer. For her, ethics and compliance are meaningful because she finds it amazing how infrequently business conversations are included in compliance. At Citygroup, she was in charge of their institutional technology and responsible for ethics and compliance along with employee engagement functions th

On this week’s episode of the Innovation in Compliance Podcast, our host TomFox, the Compliance Evangelist, has the pleasure of speaking with Erik Rind, founder and CEO of ImagineBC. Erik has a background in Russian history and started his career by working as a management consultant (After turning down the CIA, true story.) After 9 years, however, he had to make a huge decision - stay on the consulting track and lose his home, or stick around and see what would happen. He finally decided to stick around and started a second career as an entrepreneur in Human and Talent Management. After more than 2 decades in that field, he moved on to founding ImagineBC.What is ImagineBC All About?In a nutshell, their main goal is to teach people to get back control of their personal data, and more importantly, and to start making money with it - all powered by blockchain. Erik says at ImagineBC, they don’t believe that people should be giving away their intellectual property for nothing, and have developed an innovative ne

On today’s episode of the Innovation in Compliance Podcast, our host Tom Fox has the pleasure of speaking with Alex Zlatin. Alex is the author of “Responsible Dental Ownership: Balancing Ethics and Business Through Purpose”, a book about how small business owners should think through the purchase of a technology upgrade.Upgrading: is it a Must? Alex explains how a lot of technologies such as Office Suite or even Windows are coming to the end of their lives, and so many companies are starting to look into upgrading their software to the next new thing. Alex points out that although such an upgrade can be beneficial, business owners have to ask themselves: is it an absolute must? Does it fit within the company’s budget? Is there a specific deadline the company needs to meet for every software to be upgraded? He adds that it is important to evaluate all of the options and weigh the pros and cons of which software upgrade to go with.Balancing Ethics and Business Through PurposeT om goes deeper into some poin

When you think about personal injury lawyers, is the first thing that comes to mind “what great advertising they have”? No? What about “the guys that work with these people must have an amazing company culture”? Also no? Well, today’s guest on the Innovation in Compliance Podcast has some insights that might just change your mind about that. Arnie Malham is a serial entrepreneur with a knack for solving problems - he and Tom discuss what mindset has to do with company culture, and what any of that has to do with personal injury lawyers. A Happy FiringWhen Arnie was the new guy working at an advertising agency, he kept getting all of the legal accounts dumped on his desk - no one else wanted them! He talks about how his interest in working with these kinds of professionals ended up getting him fired from the agency. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise because he formed his own advertising agency, focusing solely on working with personal injury lawyers. Working closely with these individuals gave him i

Today’s guest on the Innovation in Compliance Podcast is Eduardo Campos – an expert in cybersecurity. He spent 25 years advising clients as large and illustrious as Microsoft and Bell Canada – and his focus was always on the human factor of cybersecurity, which is more critical than technology, policy or any other element. Why is it So Hard for People To Understand?He shares how it’s important to make the end-users of technology understand what your goals are – you have to avoid jargon and acronyms or no one is really going to understand what the goals of a cybersecurity program are. Tom mentions that often, tech professionals are speaking way over the heads of people listening to them, and asks Eduardo why that’s so often the case. Eduardo talks about the technical nature of the profession, and a lack of emphasis on communication, and practice talking to people who aren’t deeply involved in the different tools, terms and concepts being used. He always focuses on the importance of clear communication and make

Tom recently attended Podcast Expo, an event designed for the little, non-corporate podcaster, and one of the vendors he met was Squadcast. Squadcast has an interesting tool to help podcasters, and they’re using it for this episode! This week on Innovation in Compliance, Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist talks to Zach Moreno and Rock Felder about how they found an opportunity to make a big difference in a crowded industry. How did Squadcast come to be?Zach Moreno is a technologist who’s interested in seeing what’s possible with technology. Rockwell Felder has an audit CPA background, but he left it to become the other co-founder of Squadcast as well as the CFO. The two high-school friends had been podcast listeners for years, and as they got more and more interested in the industry, they looked around and thought ‘we could do this!’ What they found, when trying to create a science fiction audio-drama, was that there wasn’t a good tool for people to record well together - but remotely. They decided to solve t

Moving Up to the BoardToday’s guest on the Innovation in Compliance Podcast is Louise Duffield, from Gated Talent, a company that helps executives connect with executive recruiters globally.Louise has a “diverse” background, including two degrees, sales, huge life experience, and a very interesting journey with Gated Talent. The company needed someone who could strengthen numbers, engage with the community and get the brand message out there. Louise shares how she was able to help them accomplish all of that.Gated TalentGated Talent is a new company that was formed in response to the GDPR and designed to help executives share their information with recruiters privately. Louise talks about why this matters to both the executives and the recruiters. The platform was developed to make it easy for people to explore new opportunities without causing any panic.The Importance of DiversityLouise is a prolific writer and communicator, and Tom asks about several of her recent posts. She talks about the personal inspira

IIC081 - Foundational Data SecurityIn this episode of the Innovation in Compliance Podcast, Tom Fox has a discussion about data security for smaller companies with the president of Choose Networks: Chris Hoose.  Choose Networks is described on its website as Chris Hoose’s youngest child - and that’s something many entrepreneurs can relate to. The idea of family, however, is very important to the culture of Choose Networks. Maintaining that kind of family culture, where you have friends at work, and even in terms of how you think about your clients and vendors is a major priority for Chris - and a key element in how they provide a consistent product to their client. This matters because they really serve as an extension of their clients Staff - the IT department. Small Businesses are TemptingThe biggest reason hacking is an issue for small companies is that they often have access to the databases of much bigger companies. A small business can be a tempting target for a hacker, who thinks of them as an eas

Megan Dougherty and Audra Casino have been working with Tom, producing the Innovation in Compliance Podcast for a little over a year now. They’re the co-founders of One Stone Creative, a company offering a variety of services to podcasters - ranging from production, to blog posting, to publishing - and more. Today, they are on the other side of the mic, as Tom’s guests. How did the company start? Megan and Audra introduce One Stone Creative.More About The CompanyFounded just about two years ago, the former colleagues at a Marketing company decided to launch a video production company together. With Audra’s background in commercial radio and Megan in marketing, they ended up finding a great niche in business podcasting!The Benefits of Offering Consultation to Young CompaniesHow do consulting services work and how do help a company?Megan explains how their role is to help the company determine what goals are they trying to achieve, what media type would be best to reach their audience - there’s no one size fits