Tom and Ronnie conclude their six-part series highlighting the role of improv in compliance. This series links improv lessons to corporate compliance and some of the key tools and strategies Ronnie has brought from his former world of improv to the corporate compliance communications realm. In today’s Improv & Compliance Lesson 6, Tom and Ronnie conclude their series on improv lessons for compliance with “make your partner look good, and they’ll make you look good.”
Ronnie explains that improv succeeds as an ensemble art by focusing on teammates rather than competing for attention, which reduces anxiety and increases creativity; he illustrates this with a workshop exercise where legal and compliance professionals become more willing to participate once the goal is to “help your friend” in the middle. Tom connects the concept to persuasion as a key tool for chief compliance officers: adding business value and helping colleagues succeed makes compliance influence more effective. Ronnie applies this to compliance by engaging business leaders with short, simple, entertaining training and tools that make it easy to cascade ethics messages in the flow of work, increasing adoption and visibility. The episode notes that a downloadable white paper summarizing the six lessons is available.
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Ronnie
- Ronnie Feldman (LinkedIn)
- Learnings & Entertainments (LinkedIn)
- Ronnie Feldman (Twitter)
- Learnings & Entertainments (Website)
- Compliance Confessions – inspired by “Mean Tweets,” these 90-second commercials address misconceptions and excuses to promote a speak up culture and the E&C team as positive and helpful.
- E&C Training Jams – a soulful singer banters with ethics & compliance explaining policies, sharing examples, and debunking excuses.
- Tales from the Hotline – Real speak up-themed stories about workplace behavior gone wrong.
- Workplace Tonight Show! – E&C meets SNL Weekend Update explaining corporate risk topics and why employees should care.
- 60-Second Communication & Awareness Shorts – A variety of short, customizable, music and multimedia, quick-hitter “commercials” promoting integrity, compliance, speaking up, and the E&C team as helpful advisors and coaches.
- Custom Live & Digital Programing – Custom creative programming that balances the seriousness of the subject matter with a more engaging delivery. After all, you can’t bore people into learning.
Tom
Creativity and Compliance is a multiple-award-winning podcast and was recently honored as one of the Top 35 Podcasts on Creativity by Feedspot.