There Has to Be a Better Way?

In this episode of There Has to Be a Better Way?, co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen interview their colleague David Yanofsky, a former award-winning data journalist who joined R&G Insights Lab as manager of data visualization. David shares how he finds stories in data and uses them to help companies achieve their goals and live up to their ideals.

For some, the thought of analyzing data for compliance purposes can be overwhelming, or overly focused on monitoring employees. But what if we approached analytics with curiosity and empathy? On this episode of the Better Way? podcast, co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen are joined by Tara Palesh, who leads compliance analytics at Pfizer. With a background in engineering and strategy consulting, Tara views her team’s role as helping compliance colleagues to do their jobs in a better, more focused way. Specifically, she talks about how data analysts can scale up and score data to find and address organizational risk. For companies at the beginning of their data journey, Tara offers thoughts on where to start, as well as the potential of generative AI to transform the compliance space.

In today’s business world, we’re increasingly being asked to make sense of data. But how do we turn numbers into meaningful insights about a company’s risks, culture, and compliance? On this episode of the Better Way? podcast, co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen are joined for a second time by R&G Insights Lab’s very own David Yanofsky to go deeper into the world of data storytelling. With a background in data journalism, David talks about how data can be used to tell multiple stories and why context is key to making them meaningful. The three explore various data concepts, such as correlation, causation, magnitude, distribution and flow. Even if you’re not a numbers person, you’ll walk away with a more sophisticated understanding of how data can be useful to help understand and navigate your organization.

Conversations about personal faith can be uncomfortable, especially at work. But in the compliance space, could one’s faith be a motivating factor in decision-making? On this episode of the Better Way? podcast, co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen are joined by fellow compliance professional Zara Merchant for a candid conversation about the role of faith in their personal lives and how it shapes their professional conduct. They also explore the intersection of faith and business ethics, the balance between rules-based and values-based compliance, and the role of faith in shaping their moral compass.

Despite the role lawyers play in compliance, only one law school clinic in the United States focuses exclusively on this area. On this episode of the Better Way? podcast, co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen catch up with Ropes & Gray alum Danielle Pelfrey Duryea, founding director of the Compliance Policy Clinic at Boston University School of Law. Danielle discusses the clinic’s unique client-centric and experiential approach, which includes real-life client projects and a simulated internal investigation. They also explore the future of compliance education, envisioning collaborations between law schools and other professional programs to collectively address ethical issues with professionals in various industries.