SBR – Author's Podcast
SBR - Author's Podcast
Podcast Description
In the SBR - Author's Podcast, host Tom Fox visits with authors who write about business ethics, leadership, and compliance issues. This podcast is part of his Sunday Book Review podcast, where Tom reviews books weekly for compliance professionals. This podcast will take a deep dive into books relevant to the compliance professional and make for a more leisurely chat with the authors about why they wrote their books, the details in the book, and, most importantly, what skills they will bring to the compliance professional.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of ethical practices, personal growth, and leadership development. Specific episodes cover topics such as transitioning from corporate roles to entrepreneurship, exploring the influence of generative AI on leadership, and the intersection of storytelling and law. For example, discussions with Tawnya & Scott Landis delve into burnout prevention and the four pillars of fulfillment, while conversations with Dan Mazur examine mental health and personal storytelling.
In the SBR – Author’s Podcast, host Tom Fox visits with authors who write about business ethics, leadership, and compliance issues. This podcast is part of his Sunday Book Review podcast, where Tom reviews books weekly for compliance professionals. This podcast will take a deep dive into books relevant to the compliance professional and make for a more leisurely chat with the authors about why they wrote their books, the details in the book, and, most importantly, what skills they will bring to the compliance professional.
Welcome to the SBR-Author’s Podcast! In this podcast series, Host Tom Fox visits with authors in the compliance arena and beyond. In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes Douglas J. Wood about his latest book, Deadly Bytes.
Tom interviews former media and entertainment lawyer Douglas J. Wood about his 50-year legal career, his transition from representing entertainers to corporate studios and advertisers, and his later pivot to writing, which now totals 12 books, including eight novels. Douglas describes how legal research and interviewing skills support fiction but argues that fiction is harder because it requires creation, character development, and plausible plotting. He explains his focus on thriller writing as influenced by his studio work and authors like Ludlum and Clancy and outlines his process of extensive research and iterative drafting. Douglas discusses his novel Deadly Bytes, featuring an FBI profiler pursuing an AI serial killer. He connects it to real-world concerns: criminals already using AI for phishing and deepfakes, potential manipulation of evidence, AI hallucinations, and the risk that heavy AI use in law erodes lawyer apprenticeship and human judgment in negotiation and investigation.
Key highlights:
- From Lawyer to Writer
- Fiction vs Nonfiction
- Doug’s Writing Process
- Inside Deadly Bytes
- Crime and Compliance Risks
- Advice for Aspiring Authors
Resources:
Douglas J. Wood on LinkedIn
Douglas J. Wood Website
Deadly Bytes click here
Tom Fox
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