# Compliance and risk: what operators said this week

Compliance and risk leaders on what regulation is changing.

Updated 2026-10-29. Source: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/topics/compliance

> "it would be helpful or useful for an organization to designate an AI governance lead. It effectively needs to cover various areas, IT, legal risk, HR, things like that."
- Dan Sampson on Exploring Standards with Assent, 2026-10-21, at 11:44. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/357711bc94214f74

> "The regulators regulate before they innovate... you can't do this... you can't run startups in a limited market where there's a lot of rules."
- Eric Schmidt on In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen, 2026-10-21, at 19:08. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/d98d10f1b834e9cc

> "I said to the government, why don't we go to paying the soldiers through their phones? ... we put up a great system and we took it to the Congolese government."
- Kara Swisher (former Secretary of State) on On with Kara Swisher, 2026-10-21, at 28:19. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/48373ea867a6a48e

> "pull out your own policy personal business or your unit owner policy if you're in an association and find the exclusion section don't read the whole document just read what's excluded if anything on that list surprises you that's worth a real conversation before it becomes a real claim"
- Brian Woods on Build and Cover Your ASSets: Real Estate, Insurance, and Risk Management, 2026-10-28, at 7:00. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/2d407d2880b1c5d1

> "you should be auditing the process, not the, not the results, right?"
- Doug Barbin on Security & GRC Decoded, 2026-10-23, at 13:33. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/272ac7fdc74c29eb

> "If your priorities are you don’t work past 5pm because it’s family time… just leave it at that and say this is my policy."
- Preston Lee on Freelance to Founder, 2026-10-21, at 2:03. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/eb6a38bf88577057

> "That was my very, very first government contract project as a subcontractor. And I only made like 6K off of that."
- Eric Coffey on Govcon Giants, 2026-10-22, at 1:58. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/f905651fb92d7cec

> "I have this framework called pause, perceive, proceed... pause long enough to regulate my own emotions... perceive... ask ourselves some questions... then proceeding, which is, you know, having the conversation"
- Chrissy Myers on Level Up Claims, 2026-10-21, at 28:54. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/e32054861c7cb649

> "run randomized unannounced audits on their work, make accountability a feature of the software"
- Paul Alex on The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex, 2026-10-24, at 1:41. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/446af5886c587885

> "we have to have an annual independent risk assessment, validating the security."
- Melanie Pedrone on Tell Me Everything | Logistics Freight Podcast, 2026-10-24, at 3:16. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/d961c29d42e4aa34

> "Will you allow someone to come in and audit the claims that you're paying on my plan's behalf? Will you let someone come in and take a look at these claims?"
- Kimberly Carleson on Relentless Health Value, 2026-10-22, at 2:58. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/4332508774d26697

> "We've done since then... About 3,500 experiments. And we built a perfected video risk understanding system"
- Mark Miller on Profiles in Risk, 2026-10-21, at 3:00. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/c42f19784b442cbb