Seen on a poster in a lender’s office: “Ensuring compliance is as easy as riding a bike.  Except the bike is on fire.  You are on fire.  Everything is on fire.  And you are in hell.”

And while most folks can chuckle in appreciation at that sentiment, compliance does often conjure up a sense of negativity: What you cannot do, what you should not do, what you must do.  But in truth, any great company will tell you that managing compliance successfully is not only about risk mitigation it also builds trust with employees and customers, and helps the entire company run fast within safe rails, reaching new levels of success and production.

This month, I asked a terrific group of experts about their thoughts on compliance. Their fascinating insights ranged from data privacy to technology to culture.  And I suspect their thoughts may have you looking at compliance in your own company just a little bit differently.