https://simplecast.com LODcast Interested in the business and practice of law? Interested in thinking broadly and deeply? LODcast is designed for you - providing the latest insights from experts around the world on topics affecting the legal profession. en Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:51:01 +0000 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:51:11 +0000 https://lodcast.simplecast.com LODcast https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/b920eef1-13e4-4408-9d8e-423d852eebb1/d0fedc55-6443-48b0-8528-6af1a78f822f/3000x3000/lodcast-logo-2021-v2.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://lodcast.simplecast.com episodic Interested in the business and practice of law? Interested in thinking broadly and deeply? LODcast is designed for you - providing the latest insights from experts around the world on topics affecting the legal profession. Mark Dodd, LOD no https://feeds.simplecast.com/aUhHEbVB law, law practice, lawtech, lawyer, lawyers, legal innovation, legal profession, legaltech, newlaw, future of law LOD lodcast@lodlaw.com 80aaa34c-16a9-4c8b-962d-ea3d47ec1c6b Generative AI - part 2  This episode is an update to the Generative AI episode we did five months ago. To get a proper grip on what’s happening, we were lucky enough to be joined by two heavyweights.

My first guest is Josh Kubicki. Josh is the  is the co-founder and design lead at Bold  Duck Studio, the Director and Professor of Legal Business Design Hub and Entrepreneurship Program at Richmond Law School and the creator of the Brainyacts - a newsletter on for legal professionals on pragmatic and practical uses of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools.

Josh and I consider the volume and depth of change to date, discuss the need to get your hands dirty and debate the second order risks and downstream implications of gen AI for in-house counsel.

As the second guest on this show, I was delighted to welcome back Jonny Badrock, Chief Legal Engineer at SYKE. Jonny and I discuss the the key developments in the legal tech space and share what LOD and SYKE are doing in this space.

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]]> Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:51:01 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (josh kubicki, Jonny Badrock, Mark Dodd) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/generative-ai-part-2-rMEdzQkh  This episode is an update to the Generative AI episode we did five months ago. To get a proper grip on what’s happening, we were lucky enough to be joined by two heavyweights.

My first guest is Josh Kubicki. Josh is the  is the co-founder and design lead at Bold  Duck Studio, the Director and Professor of Legal Business Design Hub and Entrepreneurship Program at Richmond Law School and the creator of the Brainyacts - a newsletter on for legal professionals on pragmatic and practical uses of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools.

Josh and I consider the volume and depth of change to date, discuss the need to get your hands dirty and debate the second order risks and downstream implications of gen AI for in-house counsel.

As the second guest on this show, I was delighted to welcome back Jonny Badrock, Chief Legal Engineer at SYKE. Jonny and I discuss the the key developments in the legal tech space and share what LOD and SYKE are doing in this space.

Learn more

]]> Generative AI - part 2 josh kubicki, Jonny Badrock, Mark Dodd 00:56:50 This episode is an update on what's happening in the generative AI space for in-house lawyers around the world. Joined by Josh Kubicki and Jonny Badrock, we dive into the pragmatic uses of AI, the biggest developments over the past six months and the second order risks arising from generative AI. This episode is an update on what's happening in the generative AI space for in-house lawyers around the world. Joined by Josh Kubicki and Jonny Badrock, we dive into the pragmatic uses of AI, the biggest developments over the past six months and the second order risks arising from generative AI. generative ai, syke, legal department, artificial intelligence, co-pilot, in-house legal, in-house counsel, lod no full 27 eefdb6b1-9915-45a0-a90f-ecdc96e23b3d How legal teams can manage the microstress effect In this episode we’re diving into the world of microstress, guided by the co-author of a newly released book on this topic, Karen Dillon. In this really fascinating chat, we explore her research and findings into microstress and discuss how in-house counsel and lawyers more broadly can navigate these stresses.

Karen explains why and how the top 10% of the top performers were able to manage so much more effectively than the rest. We also consider how leaders can help create work cultures to better manage these stresses and that there are no small guestures in leadership.

Further information:

  • The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do about It (Book Link)
  • The Hidden Toll of Microstress (HBR)
  • Karen Dillon is a contributing editor to Harvard Business Review and the co-author of three books NYT best-sellers.  She was also the editor and publisher for The American Lawyer in the 1990s. FInd out more about Karen here. 
  • Learn more about LOD here.

 

]]> Thu, 15 Jun 2023 04:00:00 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Karen Dillon, Mark Dodd) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/how-legal-teams-can-manage-the-microstress-effect-8kct5y7J In this episode we’re diving into the world of microstress, guided by the co-author of a newly released book on this topic, Karen Dillon. In this really fascinating chat, we explore her research and findings into microstress and discuss how in-house counsel and lawyers more broadly can navigate these stresses.

Karen explains why and how the top 10% of the top performers were able to manage so much more effectively than the rest. We also consider how leaders can help create work cultures to better manage these stresses and that there are no small guestures in leadership.

Further information:

  • The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do about It (Book Link)
  • The Hidden Toll of Microstress (HBR)
  • Karen Dillon is a contributing editor to Harvard Business Review and the co-author of three books NYT best-sellers.  She was also the editor and publisher for The American Lawyer in the 1990s. FInd out more about Karen here. 
  • Learn more about LOD here.

 

]]> How legal teams can manage the microstress effect Karen Dillon, Mark Dodd 00:42:34 In this episode we’re diving into the world of microstress, guided by the co-author of a newly released book on this topic, Karen Dillon. In this really fascinating chat, we explore her research and findings into microstress and discuss how in-house counsel and lawyers more broadly can navigate these stresses. In this episode we’re diving into the world of microstress, guided by the co-author of a newly released book on this topic, Karen Dillon. In this really fascinating chat, we explore her research and findings into microstress and discuss how in-house counsel and lawyers more broadly can navigate these stresses. teams, microstress, multi-dimensionality, stress, hbr, general counsel, in-house legal, resilience, in-house counsel, karen dillon no full 26 c27a0735-d1d5-4f46-9b0f-e8447e9cf256 Showing the value of the legal department In this episode, we explore how in-house legal leaders can show the value of their legal department. To dive a bit deeper into the topic, we speak to Sterling Miller, a luminary in the in-house world and recent author of a book on this very topic. In our wide-ranging conversation, Sterling warns against the over-reliance on metrics, the superpower of storytelling, the importance of having a plan to improve and remembering them mission of the legal team. 

Learn more:

]]> Mon, 15 May 2023 16:00:00 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Mark Dodd, Sterling Miller) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/showing-the-value-of-the-legal-department-GMuS1bJr In this episode, we explore how in-house legal leaders can show the value of their legal department. To dive a bit deeper into the topic, we speak to Sterling Miller, a luminary in the in-house world and recent author of a book on this very topic. In our wide-ranging conversation, Sterling warns against the over-reliance on metrics, the superpower of storytelling, the importance of having a plan to improve and remembering them mission of the legal team. 

Learn more:

]]> Showing the value of the legal department Mark Dodd, Sterling Miller 00:38:23 In this episode, we explore how in-house legal leaders can show the value of their legal department. To dive a bit deeper into the topic, we speak to Sterling Miller, a luminary in the in-house world and recent author of a book on this very topic. In our wide-ranging conversation, Sterling warns against the over-reliance on metrics, the superpower of storytelling, the importance of having a plan to improve and remembering them mission of the legal team. In this episode, we explore how in-house legal leaders can show the value of their legal department. To dive a bit deeper into the topic, we speak to Sterling Miller, a luminary in the in-house world and recent author of a book on this very topic. In our wide-ranging conversation, Sterling warns against the over-reliance on metrics, the superpower of storytelling, the importance of having a plan to improve and remembering them mission of the legal team. demonstrating value, storytelling, metrics, lawyer, general counsel, in-house counsel, value no full 25 362dae7f-bafa-441c-835e-16d364df7dcf Leading in-house legal teams through uncertain and difficult times In this episode, we dive into the topic of leading through times of uncertainty and change, an evergreen but particularly salient issue right now for many in-house teams and their leaders.  To explore this topic, I was thrilled to be joined by in-house legend Sterling Miller. 

Learn more:

]]> Wed, 26 Apr 2023 03:40:12 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Sterling Miller, Mark Dodd) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/leading-in-house-legal-teams-through-times-of-uncertainty-and-change-L3I_rlM3 In this episode, we dive into the topic of leading through times of uncertainty and change, an evergreen but particularly salient issue right now for many in-house teams and their leaders.  To explore this topic, I was thrilled to be joined by in-house legend Sterling Miller. 

Learn more:

]]> Leading in-house legal teams through uncertain and difficult times Sterling Miller, Mark Dodd 00:38:17 In this episode, we dive into the topic of leading through times of uncertain and difficult times, an evergreen but particularly salient issue right now for many in-house teams and their leaders. To explore this topic, I was thrilled to be joined by in-house legend Sterling Miller. In this episode, we dive into the topic of leading through times of uncertain and difficult times, an evergreen but particularly salient issue right now for many in-house teams and their leaders. To explore this topic, I was thrilled to be joined by in-house legend Sterling Miller. change, sterling miller, uncertainty, leadership, legal teams, legal department, legal function, managing change no full 24 20b8ce48-26c7-4762-974e-6d5c5f8e2a33 How in-house legal leaders can drive and manage change This episode  dives into the topic of leading and managing change for in-house counsel. To explore this topic, I was delighted to be joined by Simon Wilkes. Simon is the General Counsel at Astro, Malaysia’s leading content and entertainment company. Simon has been there and done that – across a few continents no less.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The need for patience and persistence

• How to tackle the treacle in the machine

• The importance of getting early wins in to build momentum

•  Why setting your vision is so fundamental to success.

• And much much more.

 

]]> Tue, 4 Apr 2023 07:14:51 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Simon Wilkes, Mark Dodd) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/how-in-house-legal-leaders-can-drive-and-manage-change-rKu9wx7d This episode  dives into the topic of leading and managing change for in-house counsel. To explore this topic, I was delighted to be joined by Simon Wilkes. Simon is the General Counsel at Astro, Malaysia’s leading content and entertainment company. Simon has been there and done that – across a few continents no less.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The need for patience and persistence

• How to tackle the treacle in the machine

• The importance of getting early wins in to build momentum

•  Why setting your vision is so fundamental to success.

• And much much more.

 

]]> How in-house legal leaders can drive and manage change Simon Wilkes, Mark Dodd 00:19:59 This episode dives into the topic of leading and managing change for in-house counsel. To explore this topic, I was delighted to be joined by Simon Wilkes. Simon is the General Counsel at Astro, Malaysia’s leading content and entertainment company. This episode dives into the topic of leading and managing change for in-house counsel. To explore this topic, I was delighted to be joined by Simon Wilkes. Simon is the General Counsel at Astro, Malaysia’s leading content and entertainment company. change, driving change, legal departments, legal function, change management, in-house legal, in-house counsel, leading change, managing change no full 23 3c4f5219-4f1b-4f9f-a6ce-ec500467c744 Generative AI This episode focuses on AI and more specifically, generative AI. Many people will have recently seen the trending discussions and thought pieces on #ChatGPT.

To find out what it all means for legal professionals, I spoke with Jonny Badrock, Senior Director for Data Services at SYKE.

We explore the immediate applications of generative AI for legal teams, consider its current limitations and then cast our eyes forward to discuss what it might mean in the medium and long term.

Further reading

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:35:55 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Jonny Badrock, Mark Dodd) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/generative-ai-FamP7U7K This episode focuses on AI and more specifically, generative AI. Many people will have recently seen the trending discussions and thought pieces on #ChatGPT.

To find out what it all means for legal professionals, I spoke with Jonny Badrock, Senior Director for Data Services at SYKE.

We explore the immediate applications of generative AI for legal teams, consider its current limitations and then cast our eyes forward to discuss what it might mean in the medium and long term.

Further reading

]]> Generative AI Jonny Badrock, Mark Dodd 00:21:10 This episode focuses on AI and more specifically, generative AI. Many people will have recently seen the trending discussions and thought pieces on #ChatGPT. To find out what it all means for legal professionals, we speak with Jonny Badrock, Senior Director for Data Services at SYKE. We explore the immediate applications of generative AI for legal teams, consider its current limitations and then cast our eyes forward to discuss what it might mean in the medium and long term. This episode focuses on AI and more specifically, generative AI. Many people will have recently seen the trending discussions and thought pieces on #ChatGPT. To find out what it all means for legal professionals, we speak with Jonny Badrock, Senior Director for Data Services at SYKE. We explore the immediate applications of generative AI for legal teams, consider its current limitations and then cast our eyes forward to discuss what it might mean in the medium and long term. legal applications, smart technology, legal teams, legal professionals, ai, generative, chatbot, stochastic parrots, chatgpt no full 22 8f391f1e-5f6e-4113-85f6-ad751eb1c04f Wellness for lawyers This episode is focused on the topic of well-being for legal professionals. As of publication, it's 10 October 2022 - World Mental Health Day. To explore this topic, I spoke with a leading wellness advocate, author, former lawyer and current editor of Lawyers Weekly, Jerome Doraisamy.  

In this episode, we dive into why wellness is such an important topic and discuss strategies and tips for how in-house lawyers can better manage their wellness.

Further reading:

]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2022 00:12:08 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Jerome Doraisamy, Mark Dodd) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/wellness-for-lawyers-ajr6yWyc This episode is focused on the topic of well-being for legal professionals. As of publication, it's 10 October 2022 - World Mental Health Day. To explore this topic, I spoke with a leading wellness advocate, author, former lawyer and current editor of Lawyers Weekly, Jerome Doraisamy.  

In this episode, we dive into why wellness is such an important topic and discuss strategies and tips for how in-house lawyers can better manage their wellness.

Further reading:

]]> Wellness for lawyers Jerome Doraisamy, Mark Dodd 00:18:58 This episode is focused on the topic of well-being for legal professionals. As of publication, it's 10 October 2022 - World Mental Health Day. To explore this topic, I spoke with a leading wellness advocate, author, former lawyer and current editor of Lawyers Weekly, Jerome Doraisamy. This episode is focused on the topic of well-being for legal professionals. As of publication, it's 10 October 2022 - World Mental Health Day. To explore this topic, I spoke with a leading wellness advocate, author, former lawyer and current editor of Lawyers Weekly, Jerome Doraisamy. minds count foundation, legal teams, lawyers, mental health, in-house, wellness no full 21 0edf6c29-4eeb-4182-bbdd-e5da43e2aea9 Effective communication for in-house lawyers How can in-house lawyers communicate effectively with the business? To explore this topic, I spoke with Marnie Troeth, an experienced General Counsel and in-house legal leader. Marnie has particular expertise in managing complex stakeholder relationships. In this episode, we dive into the difference in communication styles between lawyers and business colleagues and also contains highly practical tips for both in-house leaders and junior lawyers.

Resources:

]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2022 03:41:45 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Marnie Troeth, Mark Dodd) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/effective-communication-for-in-house-lawyers-mFpYgRRy How can in-house lawyers communicate effectively with the business? To explore this topic, I spoke with Marnie Troeth, an experienced General Counsel and in-house legal leader. Marnie has particular expertise in managing complex stakeholder relationships. In this episode, we dive into the difference in communication styles between lawyers and business colleagues and also contains highly practical tips for both in-house leaders and junior lawyers.

Resources:

]]> Effective communication for in-house lawyers Marnie Troeth, Mark Dodd 00:18:52 How can in-house lawyers communicate effectively with the business? To explore this topic, I spoke with Marnie Troeth, an experienced General Counsel and in-house legal leader. Marnie has particular expertise in managing complex stakeholder relationships. In this episode, we dive into the difference in communication styles between lawyers and business colleagues and also contains highly practical tips for both in-house leaders and junior lawyers. How can in-house lawyers communicate effectively with the business? To explore this topic, I spoke with Marnie Troeth, an experienced General Counsel and in-house legal leader. Marnie has particular expertise in managing complex stakeholder relationships. In this episode, we dive into the difference in communication styles between lawyers and business colleagues and also contains highly practical tips for both in-house leaders and junior lawyers. legal, collaboration, communication, lawyers, counsel, in-house no full 20 5ac12a93-f20d-47bc-b6da-ec9f792cac81 Legal project and portfolio management This episode is all about legal project management and the more macro discipline of portfolio management.  To get under the skin of the buzzword, we speak with Therese Linton and James Kenney. We disentangle and distil the concepts of legal project management, legal portfolio managements and legal process improvement. 

Therese Linton is the Founder of The BASALT Group® and head coach for The POSITIVE Lawyer®. She is a global leader in the fields of Legal Project Management, Legal Process Improvement and Legal Operations. She also has unique expertise in Legal Portfolio Management and Legal Transformation. She literally wrote the book Legal Project Management, LexisNexis 2014. 

As a leading global expert, she has worked with thousands of lawyers over the last decade to develop their capabilities and skills. Find out more and register your interest in The POSITIVE Lawyer® or sign up for one of the new world class CPD Units in Legal Project Management, Legal Process Improvement or Legal People Management. 

James Kenney is the Director of Legal Operations and Technology at LOD. He’s certified in Project Management has worked with hundreds of clients to review and optimise their operating models. 

 

]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:08:56 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Therese Linton, Mark Dodd, James Kenney) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/legal-project-and-portfolio-management-pyogmcSv This episode is all about legal project management and the more macro discipline of portfolio management.  To get under the skin of the buzzword, we speak with Therese Linton and James Kenney. We disentangle and distil the concepts of legal project management, legal portfolio managements and legal process improvement. 

Therese Linton is the Founder of The BASALT Group® and head coach for The POSITIVE Lawyer®. She is a global leader in the fields of Legal Project Management, Legal Process Improvement and Legal Operations. She also has unique expertise in Legal Portfolio Management and Legal Transformation. She literally wrote the book Legal Project Management, LexisNexis 2014. 

As a leading global expert, she has worked with thousands of lawyers over the last decade to develop their capabilities and skills. Find out more and register your interest in The POSITIVE Lawyer® or sign up for one of the new world class CPD Units in Legal Project Management, Legal Process Improvement or Legal People Management. 

James Kenney is the Director of Legal Operations and Technology at LOD. He’s certified in Project Management has worked with hundreds of clients to review and optimise their operating models. 

 

]]> Legal project and portfolio management Therese Linton, Mark Dodd, James Kenney 00:40:02 This episode is all about legal project management and the more macro discipline of portfolio management. To get under the skin of these buzzwords, we speak with Therese Linton and James Kenney. We disentangle and distil the concepts of legal project management, portfolio management and process improvement.  This episode is all about legal project management and the more macro discipline of portfolio management. To get under the skin of these buzzwords, we speak with Therese Linton and James Kenney. We disentangle and distil the concepts of legal project management, portfolio management and process improvement.  inhouse legal, legal teams, legal portfolio management, legal project management no full 19 8c854f36-6e9d-47e5-af75-0c43d593e62c Break the bias in the legal profession This episode is focused on diversity and inclusion in the legal workplace. In line with this year's theme of #breakthebias for International Women's Day, we speak with Niti Nadarajah about gender equity in the legal profession. 

Niti is a senior in-house lawyer in Melbourne who advocates for gender and racial equity and the need for more inclusive work practices within the legal profession and more broadly. She has recently been recognised as a LinkedIn Top Voice Gender Equity in Australia.

]]> Thu, 24 Mar 2022 02:09:43 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Niti Nadarajah, Mark Dodd) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/break-the-bias-in-the-legal-profession-LtfslCjF This episode is focused on diversity and inclusion in the legal workplace. In line with this year's theme of #breakthebias for International Women's Day, we speak with Niti Nadarajah about gender equity in the legal profession. 

Niti is a senior in-house lawyer in Melbourne who advocates for gender and racial equity and the need for more inclusive work practices within the legal profession and more broadly. She has recently been recognised as a LinkedIn Top Voice Gender Equity in Australia.

]]> Break the bias in the legal profession Niti Nadarajah, Mark Dodd 00:39:09 This episode is focused on diversity and inclusion in the legal workplace. In line with this year's theme of #breakthebias for International Women's Day, we speak with Niti Nadarajah about gender equity in the legal profession. This episode is focused on diversity and inclusion in the legal workplace. In line with this year's theme of #breakthebias for International Women's Day, we speak with Niti Nadarajah about gender equity in the legal profession. breakthebias, international women's day, gender equality, legal profession, equity, equality no full 18 392a8803-9514-4d27-91cf-2634186af446 Building resilience for lawyers This episode is about resilience. To explore this topic, I speak with Dr. Larry Richard (J.D. Ph.D)  - a world leading expert on the psychology of lawyer behaviour.  This episode defines resilience, considers why lawyers are typically not resilient,  offers tips on how to improve their resiliency and shares some insight for in-house leaders. We also perform some myth-busting about the trope of the perfectionist lawyer.

You can find out more about Dr Larry Richard by visiting his website: https://www.lawyerbrain.com/, or read his bio below

Biography:

Dr Larry Richard is the founder and CEO of LawyerBrain LLC (www.lawyerbrain.com), a consulting firm that serves premier law firms and corporate legal departments in the areas of leadership, change management, teams and collaboration, talent selection and development, feedback, motivation and lawyer resilience and well-being.

 Dr Richard is recognized as the leading expert on the psychology of lawyer behavior. In addition, Dr. Richard is one of the leading experts in helping law firms and legal departments to improve organizational functioning, resolve organizational conflict, and restore morale. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, he was a litigator for ten years before earning his PhD in psychology from Temple University. Since then, he has gathered and analyzed personality data on thousands of lawyers, and consulted with hundreds of legal providers on a wide range of complex behavioral issues.

Prior to founding LawyerBrain, Dr. Richard chaired the Leadership & Organization Improvement practice at Hildebrandt International, the legal specialty consultancy for 7 years. Previous to that, he was a partner at Altman Weil, another prominent legal consultancy. 

Known for his ability to distill cutting edge scientific principles into actionable recommendations for improving lawyer  performance, Dr Richard is a frequent presenter at professional conferences, and a sought-after keynote speaker, as well as a highly sought after consultant to leaders of law firms and corporate legal departments. 

 

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2022 05:46:45 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Larry Richard, Mark Dodd) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/building-resilience-for-lawyers-bblY3jkn This episode is about resilience. To explore this topic, I speak with Dr. Larry Richard (J.D. Ph.D)  - a world leading expert on the psychology of lawyer behaviour.  This episode defines resilience, considers why lawyers are typically not resilient,  offers tips on how to improve their resiliency and shares some insight for in-house leaders. We also perform some myth-busting about the trope of the perfectionist lawyer.

You can find out more about Dr Larry Richard by visiting his website: https://www.lawyerbrain.com/, or read his bio below

Biography:

Dr Larry Richard is the founder and CEO of LawyerBrain LLC (www.lawyerbrain.com), a consulting firm that serves premier law firms and corporate legal departments in the areas of leadership, change management, teams and collaboration, talent selection and development, feedback, motivation and lawyer resilience and well-being.

 Dr Richard is recognized as the leading expert on the psychology of lawyer behavior. In addition, Dr. Richard is one of the leading experts in helping law firms and legal departments to improve organizational functioning, resolve organizational conflict, and restore morale. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, he was a litigator for ten years before earning his PhD in psychology from Temple University. Since then, he has gathered and analyzed personality data on thousands of lawyers, and consulted with hundreds of legal providers on a wide range of complex behavioral issues.

Prior to founding LawyerBrain, Dr. Richard chaired the Leadership & Organization Improvement practice at Hildebrandt International, the legal specialty consultancy for 7 years. Previous to that, he was a partner at Altman Weil, another prominent legal consultancy. 

Known for his ability to distill cutting edge scientific principles into actionable recommendations for improving lawyer  performance, Dr Richard is a frequent presenter at professional conferences, and a sought-after keynote speaker, as well as a highly sought after consultant to leaders of law firms and corporate legal departments. 

 

]]> Building resilience for lawyers Larry Richard, Mark Dodd 00:43:33 This episode is about resilience. To explore this topic, I speak with Dr. Larry Richard - a world leading expert on the psychology of lawyer behaviour. This episode defines resilience, considers why lawyers are typically not resilient, offers tips on how to improve their resiliency and shares some insight for in-house leaders. We also perform some myth-busting about the trope of the perfectionist lawyer. This episode is about resilience. To explore this topic, I speak with Dr. Larry Richard - a world leading expert on the psychology of lawyer behaviour. This episode defines resilience, considers why lawyers are typically not resilient, offers tips on how to improve their resiliency and shares some insight for in-house leaders. We also perform some myth-busting about the trope of the perfectionist lawyer. resiliency, law departments, resiliency tips, in-house lawyer, scepticism, lawyers, resilience, perfectionism no full 17 7b0694f6-9b5b-4274-8f73-3102326e06ab Legal self-service This episode focuses on self-service for in-house legal teams. What do we mean by it, what’s the history, its advantages, common missteps and where to start.             

To help us understand, we’re joined by Alex Fellows and Mark Reynolds.

Alex is legal delivery manager at LOD currently working for a leading global tech company. Alex’s perspective and insight comes from on-the-ground lived experience, managing self-service tools on a daily basis.

Mark Reynolds is an associate director at SYKE, our legal technology business. Mark is leading expert in this field, with experience at Thomson Reuters, Allens and King and Wood Mallesons and Clifford Chance.

This podcast is brought to you be LOD. We help legal leaders build teams their business love – strategic, response and ready for anything. You can find out more about LOD by going to lodlaw.com.

A final note before we start, just to let you know that there is a bonus questions at the end after music – so stay tuned later on for some extra insight. 

]]> Wed, 2 Feb 2022 06:15:17 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Mark Dodd, Alex Fellows, Mark Reynolds) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/legal-self-service-_q1TlepG This episode focuses on self-service for in-house legal teams. What do we mean by it, what’s the history, its advantages, common missteps and where to start.             

To help us understand, we’re joined by Alex Fellows and Mark Reynolds.

Alex is legal delivery manager at LOD currently working for a leading global tech company. Alex’s perspective and insight comes from on-the-ground lived experience, managing self-service tools on a daily basis.

Mark Reynolds is an associate director at SYKE, our legal technology business. Mark is leading expert in this field, with experience at Thomson Reuters, Allens and King and Wood Mallesons and Clifford Chance.

This podcast is brought to you be LOD. We help legal leaders build teams their business love – strategic, response and ready for anything. You can find out more about LOD by going to lodlaw.com.

A final note before we start, just to let you know that there is a bonus questions at the end after music – so stay tuned later on for some extra insight. 

]]> Legal self-service Mark Dodd, Alex Fellows, Mark Reynolds 00:33:49 This episode focuses on self-service for in-house legal teams. What do we mean by it, what’s the history, its advantages, common missteps and where to start. This episode focuses on self-service for in-house legal teams. What do we mean by it, what’s the history, its advantages, common missteps and where to start. legal teams, legal professionals, self-service, lawyers, triage, in-house legal, productivity no full 16 c39a04eb-6a13-4bf6-9587-22501a3bfc04 Multi-disciplinary teams for in-house legal This episode of LODcast explores the world of multi-disciplinary teams in the context of in-house legal departments. 

Sarah’s articles

Bloomberg survey 

McKinsey framework

]]> Thu, 17 Jun 2021 03:02:09 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Sarah El-Atm, Mark Dodd) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/multi-disciplinary-teams-for-in-house-legal-MnBAuH1T This episode of LODcast explores the world of multi-disciplinary teams in the context of in-house legal departments. 

Sarah’s articles

Bloomberg survey 

McKinsey framework

]]> Multi-disciplinary teams for in-house legal Sarah El-Atm, Mark Dodd 00:21:00 This episode of LODcast explores the world of multi-disciplinary teams in the context of in-house legal departments. To help us understand the nature of "MDTs" better, I spoke with Sarah El-Atm. Sarah is a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre of Legal Innovation, having recently completed a fellowship on this very topic. So if you’re interested in learning more about how and why MDTs are helping legal teams better solve client problems, this episode is for you. This episode of LODcast explores the world of multi-disciplinary teams in the context of in-house legal departments. To help us understand the nature of "MDTs" better, I spoke with Sarah El-Atm. Sarah is a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre of Legal Innovation, having recently completed a fellowship on this very topic. So if you’re interested in learning more about how and why MDTs are helping legal teams better solve client problems, this episode is for you. legal departments, multi-disciplinary teams, in-house legal, mdts no full 15 a7340342-6892-461e-bf23-1d4a97b50a87 Managing your contracts better We’re starting 2021 with a bang – bringing you an episode on your most requested topic – contract improvement.

This episode will help in-house counsel to improve how they manage their contracting. It combines the theoretical and the pragmatics on how to optimise your contracting. And to help us understand the topic better, I spoke with two experts:

  1. Denis Potemkin. One of the most interesting thinkers in the contract redesign space, Denis trained and practised as a solicitor and senior in-house counsel for many years across Europe and the UK, before becoming a consultant and launching his own start-up.
  2. David Curtain. David was formerly Head of Legal at Engie and now works out of the LOD Melbourne office as a Director of our Legal Operations & Tech business.

Further resources:

  1. LOD Legal Operations & Tech Hub
  2. Denis' startup: Majoto
  3. Policy 2.0 by Lemonade
  4. August Privacy Policy 
]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:01:28 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Denis Potemkin, Mark Dodd, David Curtain) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/managing-your-contracts-better-BgEmD2WQ We’re starting 2021 with a bang – bringing you an episode on your most requested topic – contract improvement.

This episode will help in-house counsel to improve how they manage their contracting. It combines the theoretical and the pragmatics on how to optimise your contracting. And to help us understand the topic better, I spoke with two experts:

  1. Denis Potemkin. One of the most interesting thinkers in the contract redesign space, Denis trained and practised as a solicitor and senior in-house counsel for many years across Europe and the UK, before becoming a consultant and launching his own start-up.
  2. David Curtain. David was formerly Head of Legal at Engie and now works out of the LOD Melbourne office as a Director of our Legal Operations & Tech business.

Further resources:

  1. LOD Legal Operations & Tech Hub
  2. Denis' startup: Majoto
  3. Policy 2.0 by Lemonade
  4. August Privacy Policy 
]]> Managing your contracts better Denis Potemkin, Mark Dodd, David Curtain 00:43:21 We’re starting 2021 with a bang – bringing you an episode on your most requested topic – contract improvement. This episode will help in-house counsel to improve how they manage their contracting. It combines the theoretical and the pragmatics on how optimise your contracting. It’s sure to get you thinking a bit little bit differently. We’re starting 2021 with a bang – bringing you an episode on your most requested topic – contract improvement. This episode will help in-house counsel to improve how they manage their contracting. It combines the theoretical and the pragmatics on how optimise your contracting. It’s sure to get you thinking a bit little bit differently. contract automation, contract redesign, legal technology, contract optimisation, contract management, better contracting, contract improvement, legal operations no full 14 89301358-dc17-4c40-a707-0ce56b319a95 Business thinking for in-house counsel This episode focuses on bringing business thinking into the world of in-house counsel. 

Further Resources:

]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2020 06:34:19 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Mark Dodd, Catherine McGregor) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/business-thinking-for-in-house-counsel-eNwhmbCD This episode focuses on bringing business thinking into the world of in-house counsel. 

Further Resources:

]]> Business thinking for in-house counsel Mark Dodd, Catherine McGregor 00:28:50 This episode focuses on bringing business thinking into the world of in-house counsel. It takes a practical look at key concepts from influential business theory and illustrates how these are applicable to managing or working in an in-house legal department. To guide us through this topic, we are joined by Dr Catherine McGregor. Catherine is an author, consultant and a leading thinker on the legal market and particularly on the role of the general counsel, the future of the legal profession and inclusion in law. This episode focuses on bringing business thinking into the world of in-house counsel. It takes a practical look at key concepts from influential business theory and illustrates how these are applicable to managing or working in an in-house legal department. To guide us through this topic, we are joined by Dr Catherine McGregor. Catherine is an author, consultant and a leading thinker on the legal market and particularly on the role of the general counsel, the future of the legal profession and inclusion in law. in-house legal, business thinking, legal teams no full 13 4c691f8f-b7d6-4926-b7ec-21d72cb5736f Stress and mental health in the legal profession Today’s episode focuses on stress and mental health in the legal profession. 

It’s an episode that explains to you the relationship between stress and mental health, the trends we’re seeing in the corporate world, the problem of presenteeism, evidence-based strategies to improve your own mental health and where we hit the target but miss the point. 

To help us navigate and understand this vital topic, I was delighted to be joined by Professor Stuart Carney. Professor Carney is the Deputy Executive Dean and Medical Dean in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Queensland. He is also a Liaison Psychiatrist by training.

Further help:

  1. Australia - https://headtohealth.gov.au/
  2. Hong Kong - https://www.mind.org.hk/mental-health-in-hong-kong/
  3. Singapore - https://www.samhealth.org.sg/ 
  4. United Kingdom - https://www.mentalhealthresource.org.uk/
]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2020 03:07:25 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (LOD) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/stress-mental-health-in-the-legal-profession-UIcSaEVp Today’s episode focuses on stress and mental health in the legal profession. 

It’s an episode that explains to you the relationship between stress and mental health, the trends we’re seeing in the corporate world, the problem of presenteeism, evidence-based strategies to improve your own mental health and where we hit the target but miss the point. 

To help us navigate and understand this vital topic, I was delighted to be joined by Professor Stuart Carney. Professor Carney is the Deputy Executive Dean and Medical Dean in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Queensland. He is also a Liaison Psychiatrist by training.

Further help:

  1. Australia - https://headtohealth.gov.au/
  2. Hong Kong - https://www.mind.org.hk/mental-health-in-hong-kong/
  3. Singapore - https://www.samhealth.org.sg/ 
  4. United Kingdom - https://www.mentalhealthresource.org.uk/
]]> Stress and mental health in the legal profession LOD 00:22:06 This episode focuses on stress and mental health in the legal profession - it looks at the relationship between stress and mental health and provides evidence-based strategies to improve your own mental health. This episode focuses on stress and mental health in the legal profession - it looks at the relationship between stress and mental health and provides evidence-based strategies to improve your own mental health. well-being, stress, lawyers, mental health, legal profession, health no full 12 a4e5a33e-ecf3-49f3-8bd2-06a64e2d2003 How to be a trusted advisor Trust is a concept we all intuitively understand. We all understand what it means to trust someone and what it means to be trusted.

But something easily understood, doesn’t make it something easy to do.

In this episode of LODcast we speak with Charles Green, a world leading expert in trust and, in particular, the idea of being a trusted advisor.

Resources:

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2020 03:52:40 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Charles H. Green, Mark Dodd) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/how-to-be-a-trusted-advisor-kA8VkzFj Trust is a concept we all intuitively understand. We all understand what it means to trust someone and what it means to be trusted.

But something easily understood, doesn’t make it something easy to do.

In this episode of LODcast we speak with Charles Green, a world leading expert in trust and, in particular, the idea of being a trusted advisor.

Resources:

]]> How to be a trusted advisor Charles H. Green, Mark Dodd 00:36:02 We speak with Charles Green, a world leading expert in trust and, in particular, the idea of being a trusted advisor. Having researched and co-authored The Trusted Advisor book in the early 2000s, Charles has built a career on understanding, demystifying and analysing trust. We reached out to Charles because the notion of being a trusted advisor is something many of you wanted us to explore further. In LOD’s recent global survey on the impact of COVID on legal teams, we saw approximately a third of in-house legal leaders finding themselves feeling more of a trusted advisor. A link to this report in the show notes. We speak with Charles Green, a world leading expert in trust and, in particular, the idea of being a trusted advisor. Having researched and co-authored The Trusted Advisor book in the early 2000s, Charles has built a career on understanding, demystifying and analysing trust. We reached out to Charles because the notion of being a trusted advisor is something many of you wanted us to explore further. In LOD’s recent global survey on the impact of COVID on legal teams, we saw approximately a third of in-house legal leaders finding themselves feeling more of a trusted advisor. A link to this report in the show notes. trust, trusted advisor no full 11 cbafed43-fa37-4795-ba1b-cf9e07e8ef05 Building the next in-house legal team In this episode, we speak with Terri Mottershead - a global leader in legal talent management. Terri helps us answer the central question: how I future-proof my legal team? 

You can download Terri's report, Building the next in-house legal team, in collaboration with LOD, here: https://bit.ly/2MG5BKD  

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2020 05:51:30 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Mark Dodd, Terri Mottershead) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/building-the-next-in-house-team-CwPZeNqF In this episode, we speak with Terri Mottershead - a global leader in legal talent management. Terri helps us answer the central question: how I future-proof my legal team? 

You can download Terri's report, Building the next in-house legal team, in collaboration with LOD, here: https://bit.ly/2MG5BKD  

]]> Building the next in-house legal team Mark Dodd, Terri Mottershead 00:24:31 In this episode, we speak with Terri Mottershead - a global leader in legal talent management. Terri helps us answer the central question: how I future-proof my legal team? In this episode, we speak with Terri Mottershead - a global leader in legal talent management. Terri helps us answer the central question: how I future-proof my legal team? future of law, recruitment, promotion, onboarding, talent management, legal talent, in-house legal teams, retention no full 10 062d666a-1375-408c-8a9d-5e8797c1db29 Smart collaboration - a conversation with Heidi Gardner In this episode, we’re delighted to speak with Heidi Gardner about smart collaboration – a term she coined to talk about how we need highly-specialised experts to come together tackle more complicated issues than any of them could do on their own. 

We take a deeper dive into her world-leading research on how this impacts for legal professionals, and more recently, her research and analysis on what this means for in-house legal teams. 

It’s a fascinating and insightful conversation and I particularly like how Heidi has taken a potentially misperceived soft-skill of collaboration and brought indisputable evidence as to how it brings tangible, bottom-line impacts. 

Further Resources:

]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:45:15 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Heidi Gardner) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/smart-collaboration-a-conversation-with-heidi-gardner-mHFBgsAd In this episode, we’re delighted to speak with Heidi Gardner about smart collaboration – a term she coined to talk about how we need highly-specialised experts to come together tackle more complicated issues than any of them could do on their own. 

We take a deeper dive into her world-leading research on how this impacts for legal professionals, and more recently, her research and analysis on what this means for in-house legal teams. 

It’s a fascinating and insightful conversation and I particularly like how Heidi has taken a potentially misperceived soft-skill of collaboration and brought indisputable evidence as to how it brings tangible, bottom-line impacts. 

Further Resources:

]]> Smart collaboration - a conversation with Heidi Gardner Heidi Gardner 00:44:56 In this episode, we’re delighted to speak with Heidi Gardner about smart collaboration – a term she coined to talk about how we need highly-specialised experts to come together tackle more complicated issues than any of them could do on their own. We take a deeper dive into her world-leading research on how this impacts for legal professionals, and more recently, her research and analysis on what this means for in-house legal teams. In this episode, we’re delighted to speak with Heidi Gardner about smart collaboration – a term she coined to talk about how we need highly-specialised experts to come together tackle more complicated issues than any of them could do on their own. We take a deeper dive into her world-leading research on how this impacts for legal professionals, and more recently, her research and analysis on what this means for in-house legal teams. collaboration no full 9 a6b673cd-6a31-4fd4-b522-dd023c683a8f Remote working This episode focuses on how lawyers and other knowledge workers can work remotely - and effectively. We speak with three experts: Dr Heidi Gardner, Assistant Professor Ella Hafermalz and LOD co-founder Simon Harper.

For more information on Dr. Heidi Gardner and her work:

For more information on Ella Hafermalz and her work:

  • https://www.kinresearch.nl/would-you-rather-be-watched-or-forgotten/ 
  • Dery, K., & E. Hafermalz. (2016). Seeing is belonging: Remote working, identity and staying connected. In J. Lee (Ed.), The impact of ICT on work (pp. 109-126). Singapore: Springer, Singapore.
  • Hafermalz, E., & K. Riemer. (2016). The work of belonging through technology in remote work: A case study in tele-nursing. Paper presented at the European Conference on Information Systems, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • And the book Ella mentioned in the podcast was: Gregg, M. (2013). Work's intimacy. John Wiley & Sons.

For more information on remote working with LOD and more generally out flexible legal delivery models, please visit www.lodlaw.com 

]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:55:40 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Simon Harper, Ella Hafermalz, Heidi Gardner, Mark Dodd) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/remote-working-KU4aOpV6 This episode focuses on how lawyers and other knowledge workers can work remotely - and effectively. We speak with three experts: Dr Heidi Gardner, Assistant Professor Ella Hafermalz and LOD co-founder Simon Harper.

For more information on Dr. Heidi Gardner and her work:

For more information on Ella Hafermalz and her work:

  • https://www.kinresearch.nl/would-you-rather-be-watched-or-forgotten/ 
  • Dery, K., & E. Hafermalz. (2016). Seeing is belonging: Remote working, identity and staying connected. In J. Lee (Ed.), The impact of ICT on work (pp. 109-126). Singapore: Springer, Singapore.
  • Hafermalz, E., & K. Riemer. (2016). The work of belonging through technology in remote work: A case study in tele-nursing. Paper presented at the European Conference on Information Systems, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • And the book Ella mentioned in the podcast was: Gregg, M. (2013). Work's intimacy. John Wiley & Sons.

For more information on remote working with LOD and more generally out flexible legal delivery models, please visit www.lodlaw.com 

]]> Remote working Simon Harper, Ella Hafermalz, Heidi Gardner, Mark Dodd 01:11:50 This episode focuses on how lawyers and other knowledge workers can work remotely - and effectively. We speak with three experts: Dr Heidi Gardner, Assistant Professor Ella Hafermalz and LOD co-founder Simon Harper. This episode focuses on how lawyers and other knowledge workers can work remotely - and effectively. We speak with three experts: Dr Heidi Gardner, Assistant Professor Ella Hafermalz and LOD co-founder Simon Harper. virtual working, team morale, in-house teams, legal profession, distributed teams, remote working no full 8 9f3194aa-b036-4aaa-91b8-e328fe387cbd What do I need to know about LIBOR? Are you confused about LIBOR? To help you understand LIBOR and its impact better, I spoke with with Emma Millington and Miranda Campbell, banking and finance experts from LexisNexis in London.

In this episode, we look at what it means, the key time frames, what the new world will look like and how in-house legal teams should be preparing for the upcoming shift.

So if you need a 25 minute breakdown of LIBOR, this one’s for you

Resources

LOD: 

https://www.lodlaw.com/questions/what-do-i-need-do-libor/

LexisNexis:

Free: https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/blog/banking-and-finance

For LexisPSL subscribers:

]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2020 07:00:05 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Emma Millington, Mark Dodd, Miranda Campbell) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-libor-amr1b_Tq Are you confused about LIBOR? To help you understand LIBOR and its impact better, I spoke with with Emma Millington and Miranda Campbell, banking and finance experts from LexisNexis in London.

In this episode, we look at what it means, the key time frames, what the new world will look like and how in-house legal teams should be preparing for the upcoming shift.

So if you need a 25 minute breakdown of LIBOR, this one’s for you

Resources

LOD: 

https://www.lodlaw.com/questions/what-do-i-need-do-libor/

LexisNexis:

Free: https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/blog/banking-and-finance

For LexisPSL subscribers:

]]> What do I need to know about LIBOR? Emma Millington, Mark Dodd, Miranda Campbell 00:24:57 Are you confused about LIBOR? To help you understand LIBOR and its impact better, I spoke with with Emma Millington and Miranda Campbell, banking and finance experts from LexisNexis in London. In this episode, we look at what it means, the key time frames, what the new world will look like and how in-house legal teams should be preparing for the upcoming shift. So if you need a 25 minute breakdown of LIBOR, this one’s for you. Further resources are in the show notes. Are you confused about LIBOR? To help you understand LIBOR and its impact better, I spoke with with Emma Millington and Miranda Campbell, banking and finance experts from LexisNexis in London. In this episode, we look at what it means, the key time frames, what the new world will look like and how in-house legal teams should be preparing for the upcoming shift. So if you need a 25 minute breakdown of LIBOR, this one’s for you. Further resources are in the show notes. financial services, libor, in-house legal teams, bank of england no full 7 ec8143bd-6548-413a-86fb-8b04fb7e6296 Is that good advice? Learn more about LOD here: www.lodlaw.com

Learn more about The Legal Forecast here: www.thelegalforecast.com

]]> Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:00:04 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Mark Dodd, Milan Gandhi) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/is-that-good-advice-CXVq313L Learn more about LOD here: www.lodlaw.com

Learn more about The Legal Forecast here: www.thelegalforecast.com

]]> Is that good advice? Mark Dodd, Milan Gandhi 00:34:41 This episode is slightly different. We speak with Milan Gandhi, an Australian lawyer, innovation ambassador, a prize-winning law student and founder of one of Australia’s leading legal not-for-profits - The Legal Forecast. Given Milan’s credentials and keen focus on law students and early-career professionals, we thought we would focus this episode on helping people who are starting their journey in legal practice. And to help them, we undertook a myth-busting exercise on some of the more common pieces of advice you might hear around the courtyards of law schools and the corridors of law firms. This episode is slightly different. We speak with Milan Gandhi, an Australian lawyer, innovation ambassador, a prize-winning law student and founder of one of Australia’s leading legal not-for-profits - The Legal Forecast. Given Milan’s credentials and keen focus on law students and early-career professionals, we thought we would focus this episode on helping people who are starting their journey in legal practice. And to help them, we undertook a myth-busting exercise on some of the more common pieces of advice you might hear around the courtyards of law schools and the corridors of law firms. law student, mythbusting, advice for lawyers, work advice, junior lawyer no full 6 2dbb131c-41a6-46b6-b36d-e309ecc86e42 Ethics & in-house legal professionals LOD In Collaboration Report: Which Way Does the Wind Blow?

Any feedback on this episode or about the series in general, please email lodcast@lodlaw.com


 

]]> Tue, 3 Dec 2019 06:57:49 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Steven Vaughan) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/ethics-in-house-legal-professionals-znK7gif9 LOD In Collaboration Report: Which Way Does the Wind Blow?

Any feedback on this episode or about the series in general, please email lodcast@lodlaw.com


 

]]> Ethics & in-house legal professionals Steven Vaughan 00:30:49 This episode, we speak with Professor Steven Vaughan and take a deep dive into his research into ethics and in-house lawyers. In October of 2019, LOD released a report titled: "Which Way Does the Wind Blow? " which was a collaboration with Steven and his research partner Professor Richard Moorhead. In this interview, we interrogate the data bit more and examine the tournament of influence that in-house lawyers often find themselves. This episode, we speak with Professor Steven Vaughan and take a deep dive into his research into ethics and in-house lawyers. In October of 2019, LOD released a report titled: "Which Way Does the Wind Blow? " which was a collaboration with Steven and his research partner Professor Richard Moorhead. In this interview, we interrogate the data bit more and examine the tournament of influence that in-house lawyers often find themselves. no full 5 44fe76b6-ebf6-4d85-9a00-cb45a476f427 Emotional intelligence for legal professionals Any feedback on this episode or about the series in general, please email lodcast@lodlaw.com

]]> Tue, 3 Dec 2019 06:46:20 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Amy Jacobson) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/emotional-intelligence-for-legal-professionals-5nkDqw0c Any feedback on this episode or about the series in general, please email lodcast@lodlaw.com

]]> Emotional intelligence for legal professionals Amy Jacobson 00:23:27 In this episode, we speak with Amy Jacobson. Amy is an experienced Emotional Intelligence specialist, passionate speaker and inspirational leadership trainer. So, it comes as no surprise that she was excellent guest with so much advice and careful thinking on the topic of emotional intelligence In the episode, we get beyond the buzzword. What does it really mean for legal professionals, why is trending? Is it actually trending? Is it even teachable? And is it just some zeitgeisty fad with little substance - spoiler alert, its not. In this episode, we speak with Amy Jacobson. Amy is an experienced Emotional Intelligence specialist, passionate speaker and inspirational leadership trainer. So, it comes as no surprise that she was excellent guest with so much advice and careful thinking on the topic of emotional intelligence In the episode, we get beyond the buzzword. What does it really mean for legal professionals, why is trending? Is it actually trending? Is it even teachable? And is it just some zeitgeisty fad with little substance - spoiler alert, its not. emotional intelligence, ei, nlp, workplace culture, resilience no full 4 60bb92a2-28d3-445f-8955-5020c7e4ec9c Technology and the law Here is the In Collaboration report produced by Ron and LOD

Cutting Through the **IT

And here is a link to the Gartner Hyper Curve

Any feedback on this episode or about the series in general, please email lodcast@lodlaw.com

]]> Tue, 3 Dec 2019 06:44:41 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Ron Friedmann) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/technology-and-the-law-FgsTMXFj Here is the In Collaboration report produced by Ron and LOD

Cutting Through the **IT

And here is a link to the Gartner Hyper Curve

Any feedback on this episode or about the series in general, please email lodcast@lodlaw.com

]]> Technology and the law Ron Friedmann 00:20:32 This episode we speak with Ron Friedmann, the Chief Knowledge + Information Officer at LAC Group and long-time commentator and author on the legal industry. We talk about success, the failures and future of technology in the legal space. We also cover: the meteoric rise of legal operations and whether it’s here to stay, change management and real examples of ROI on legal investment. This episode we speak with Ron Friedmann, the Chief Knowledge + Information Officer at LAC Group and long-time commentator and author on the legal industry. We talk about success, the failures and future of technology in the legal space. We also cover: the meteoric rise of legal operations and whether it’s here to stay, change management and real examples of ROI on legal investment. legaltech, hype curve, technology, lawtech, roi legal, law no full 3 bb27d9b5-d74d-4175-8eb1-98b52561ad55 Artificial intelligence & legal practice Any feedback on this episode or about the series in general, please email lodcast@lodlaw.com 

]]> Tue, 3 Dec 2019 06:39:21 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Adam Eastell) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/artificial-intelligence-legal-practice-l43Izao_ Any feedback on this episode or about the series in general, please email lodcast@lodlaw.com 

]]> Artificial intelligence & legal practice Adam Eastell 00:27:10 In this episode we attempt to demystify AI and how it applies to the legal world. To help us do that, we sat down with Adam Eastell, the Chief Legal and Strategy Officer at Eigen Technologies. We get specific on machine learning, training algorithms, fuzzy search, confidence intervals and lots more. So if you’re a legal professional wanting to really understand how AI might actually apply - have a listen. In this episode we attempt to demystify AI and how it applies to the legal world. To help us do that, we sat down with Adam Eastell, the Chief Legal and Strategy Officer at Eigen Technologies. We get specific on machine learning, training algorithms, fuzzy search, confidence intervals and lots more. So if you’re a legal professional wanting to really understand how AI might actually apply - have a listen. machine learning, ai, artificial intelligence, tech competence, ai and the law, contract analytics no full 2 1e8fd2d5-e994-43a4-ad1a-5d89fadd9798 What does the future of law look like? Here is the In Collaboration report that Jordan and LOD produced:

Through The Legal Looking Glass

Over the course of the episode we also referred to:

Any comments or feedback, please email lodcast@lodlaw.com 

]]> Tue, 3 Dec 2019 06:35:51 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (Jordan Furlong) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/what-does-the-future-of-law-look-like-zZUvG68X Here is the In Collaboration report that Jordan and LOD produced:

Through The Legal Looking Glass

Over the course of the episode we also referred to:

Any comments or feedback, please email lodcast@lodlaw.com 

]]> What does the future of law look like? Jordan Furlong 00:38:37 In this episode, we speak with Jordan Furlong about the future of law. What will the legal industry look like in 5, 15 and 25 years time? In this episode, we speak with Jordan Furlong about the future of law. What will the legal industry look like in 5, 15 and 25 years time? future of law, future predictions, lawyers, legal profession no full 1 a6b55549-a6fd-4ad3-b33d-824500eaa550 Introducing LODcast Wed, 27 Nov 2019 06:56:36 +0000 lodcast@lodlaw.com (LOD) https://lodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/introducing-lodcast-utbtaV2w Introducing LODcast LOD 00:04:41 Introducing LODcast, the new podcast for legal professionals around the world Introducing LODcast, the new podcast for legal professionals around the world future of law, ethics, legal professional, emotional intelligence, legal innovation, ai, law, lodcast, legal news no trailer