06 May Compliance Conference Keynote Session
THE 50% PROBLEM – WHAT TO DO WHEN HALF YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE ALREADY BREAKING YOUR AI POLICY
Current research indicates 40-60% of employees use unauthorized AI tools for work tasks, creating significant exposure to data leakage, regulatory violations, and reputational harm. Traditional compliance approaches – prohibition-focused policies, annual training programs, and input-monitoring systems – fail to address this risk due to three structural flaws: compliance friction that drives employees toward faster non-compliant alternatives, training interventions disconnected from the moment of decision-making, and surveillance methods that generate evasion rather than behavioral change.
This session presents a five-part framework for enabling safe AI adoption: designing frictionless compliant pathways that outperform shadow alternatives; implementing contextual micro-learning interventions at the point of risk; shifting from input policing to output-focused governance that detects hallucinations, bias, and data exposure; replacing comprehensive policy documents with tiered risk classification systems; and establishing peer-to-peer compliance champion networks. Attendees will gain practical strategies for transforming compliance from a control function into an enablement function that reduces shadow AI usage while supporting organizational productivity.
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Presenter
Nick Gallo, Chief Servant and CO-CEO, Ethico
Nick Gallo is Chief Servant and Co-CEO of Ethico, which provides ethics and compliance software solutions to some of the largest organizations in the world, and host of both “The Ethicsverse” weekly webinar series and “The Ethics Experts”, a top 2% global podcast. He has seen first-hand the transformative impact a genuine culture of integrity can have on generating sustainably superior business results.
Nick has a B.S in Finance, Accounting and Economics from Indiana University, is a member of Mensa International, a Certified Public Accountant and he has dedicated his life to serving – his community, clients, and team – in order to make the world a better workplace.
Prior to becoming Chief Servant and Co-CEO of Ethico, Nick provided financial due diligence services to PE firms at KPMG followed by 7 years of Private Equity and alternative asset investing. Nick is a student of behavioral economics and organizational psychology and has worked with and analyzed hundreds of organizations over his career in advisory services, private equity, and compliance.