{"id":10426,"date":"2026-04-24T14:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/creativity-and-compliance-compliance-6-pack-part-1-the-role-of-improv-in-compliance-thomas-fox-compliance-evangelist\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:14:48","slug":"creativity-and-compliance-compliance-6-pack-part-1-the-role-of-improv-in-compliance-thomas-fox-compliance-evangelist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/creativity-and-compliance-compliance-6-pack-part-1-the-role-of-improv-in-compliance-thomas-fox-compliance-evangelist\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity and Compliance: Compliance 6-Pack: Part 1 &#8211; The Role of Improv in Compliance | Thomas Fox &#8211; Compliance Evangelist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"vidSumSubStr\">Tom and Ronnie begin a six-part series highlighting the role of improv in compliance and the key tools and strategies Ronnie has brought from his former world of improv into the corporate compliance communications realm. In today\u2019s Improv &amp; Compliance Lesson 1: \u201cGot Your Back\u201d and Psychological Safety.&#13;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Ronnie defines psychological safety as the belief that employees won\u2019t be punished for raising ideas, questions, mistakes, or concerns, and<span class=\"red moreLessLink pointer\" onclick=\"sumShowLink()\">  See\u00a0more\u00a0+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"vidSummary\">Tom and Ronnie begin a six-part series highlighting the role of improv in compliance and the key tools and strategies Ronnie has brought from his former world of improv into the corporate compliance communications realm. In today\u2019s Improv &amp; Compliance Lesson 1: \u201cGot Your Back\u201d and Psychological Safety.&#13;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Ronnie defines psychological safety as the belief that employees won\u2019t be punished for raising ideas, questions, mistakes, or concerns, and explains how improv teams deliberately practice support\u2014often physically telling one another \u201cI\u2019ve got your back\u201d\u2014to enable creative freedom. They draw parallels to compliance programs by emphasizing proactive, frequent promotion of reporting channels, anti-retaliation messaging, and the use of short, interesting, creative formats (e.g., stories, songs, commercials) to avoid message fatigue. Tom adds that organizations must \u201cwalk the walk\u201d by preventing retaliation and reinforcing the message throughout investigations. Ronnie also emphasizes humanizing the ethics and compliance team to create an \u201censemble\u201d feel.<\/p>\n<p>Resources:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ronnie Feldman (LinkedIn): https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ronald-feldman-8b7357\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Learnings &amp; Entertainments (LinkedIn): https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/learnings-&amp;-entertainments-llc\/<\/p>\n<p>Ronnie Feldman (Twitter): https:\/\/twitter.com\/L_E_Creative<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Learnings &amp; Entertainments (Website): http:\/\/learningsentertainments.com\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Compliance Confessions \u2013 inspired by \u201cMean Tweets,\u201d these 90-second commercials address misconceptions and excuses to promote a speak up culture and the E&amp;C team as positive and helpful. https:\/\/learningsentertainments.com\/demo\/compliance-confessions-promo-video\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 E&amp;C Training Jams \u2013 a soulful singer banters with ethics &amp; compliance explaining policies, sharing examples, and debunking excuses. https:\/\/learningsentertainments.com\/le-suites\/ethics-compliance-training-jams\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tales from the Hotline \u2013 Real, speak-up-themed stories about workplace behavior gone wrong. https:\/\/learningsentertainments.com\/le-suites\/tales-from-the-hotline\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Workplace Tonight Show! \u2013 E&amp;C meets SNL Weekend Update, explaining corporate risk topics and why employees should care. https:\/\/workplacetonight.com\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 60-Second Communication &amp; Awareness Shorts \u2013 A variety of short, customizable, music and multimedia, quick-hitter \u201ccommercials\u201d promoting integrity, compliance, speaking up, and the E&amp;C team as helpful advisors and coaches. http:\/\/learningsentertainments.com\/suites\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Custom Live &amp; Digital Programing \u2013 Custom creative programming that balances the seriousness of the subject matter with a more engaging delivery. After all, you can\u2019t bore people into learning. http:\/\/learningsentertainments.com\/productions\/<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, Tom Fox&#8217;s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com: https:\/\/a.co\/d\/00XNoelh<\/p>\n<p>To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom&#8217;s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com: https:\/\/a.co\/d\/05NTW4zz<span class=\"red moreLessLink pointer\" onclick=\"sumHideLink()\">  See\u00a0less\u00a0&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom and Ronnie begin a six-part series highlighting the role of improv in compliance and the key tools and strategies Ronnie has brought from his former world of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7807,1049,7739,7360,830,7808,829,1330,3303],"class_list":["post-10426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lawyers","tag-6pack","tag-compliance","tag-creativity","tag-evangelist","tag-fox","tag-improv","tag-part","tag-role","tag-thomas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}