The fact that companies can leverage their compliance initiatives toward strategic ends has become something of a management cliché. I'm surprised a Tom Peters-like book has not been produced. Hoping to make the concept more concrete, Jefferson Wells has studied the likes of Intel and Microsoft and has compiled a list of initiatives that can help companies leverage their Sarbanes Oxley initiatives. For many, this is still management-speak. For others, it is a call to arms. The list [1]