Reinventing Professionals

The business of providing professional advice is changing. Today, anyone can go online and access a wealth of information about any topic, from legal and medical advice to financial planning and accounting suggestions. This blog is designed to offer ideas, guidance, and perspectives on how to effectively navigate a perpetually shifting professional landscape, with a unique focus on the legal industry and the technology that is driving its evolution.

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Episodes

Friday Jun 20, 2025

I spoke with Will Seaton, the Chief Customer Officer at DraftWise, Dan Wallace, the Vice President of Sales for the North American Markets at Neota, and Laura Wenzel, the Global Marketing & Insights Director at iManage. The three companies are part of a consortium supporting a new report featuring the perspectives of 31 legal operations leaders, titled "Redefining Legal Operations to Adapt to Uncertainty and Change." We discussed the most compelling results, how legal operations teams are evolving, and the technology trends driving change in an uncertain era.

Wednesday Jun 11, 2025

I spoke with Brandon D’Agostino, Vice President of Product at Cloudficient, a provider of information governance and e-discovery software. We discussed the rise of hyperlinked documents in e-discovery, the legal challenges of preserving and collecting hyperlinked files, and adapting ESI protocols to address hyperlinked files.

Monday Jun 09, 2025

I spoke with Peter James, a Senior Partner with @DOCS, and David Leong, the Chief Technology Officer with @GROUP about how modern law firms navigate document management challenges, what post-COVID print volumes and workflows reveal about document production, and the webinar - Closing the Gaps by Modernizing Legal Document Management - on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Friday Jun 06, 2025

I spoke with Tommi Ogi Possnert, a legal industry leader based in Stockholm and a featured speaker at the Lexpo Conference, taking place in Amsterdam on June 16th and 17th. We discussed the most common challenges companies face when implementing new technologies in legal, how to balance risks to ensure the success of large-scale digital transformations, and how the role of in-house legal teams is evolving in an emerging era of AI, automation, and data-driven decision-making.

Wednesday Jun 04, 2025

I spoke with Richard Tromans, founder of Tromans Consulting and Artificial Lawyer, which is the co-producer of the Legal Innovators Conference Series, including  Legal Innovators California in San Francisco on June 11th and 12th. We discussed the genesis of Artificial Lawyer, the inspiration for the Legal Innovators Conference, the importance of facilitating complementary conversations for law firm and legal department leaders, and best practices for balancing discussions of the practical and the promising aspects of emerging technology.

Monday Jun 02, 2025

I spoke with Alistair Marshall, the Director and Owner of Professional Services Business Development, a consultancy that focuses on strategy, marketing, and business development for law firms worldwide. He is the author of the newly released Grow Your Professional Services Practice – The Practical Guide to Business Development. We discussed best practices for business development success, the most common mistakes lawyers make when approaching business development, how Grow Your Professional Services Practice – The Practical Guide to Business Development differs from similar books on the market, and the top five profit drivers.

Friday May 30, 2025

I spoke with Tom Chapman, the Co-Founder of Iceberg, a specialist recruitment firm focused on cybersecurity and e-discovery. We discussed how the demand for cybersecurity and e-discovery talent has evolved, the challenges companies face when hiring for these roles, and how AI and automation are impacting hiring in cybersecurity and e-discovery.

Wednesday May 28, 2025

I spoke with Rick Campbell, the Executive Chairman and CEO of @GROUP, and Matt Winlaw, the CEO and Managing Director of @ID, one of three divisions that includes @DOCS and @SOFT, within @GROUP. We discussed open-source intelligence, why OSINT has become vital to modern legal operations, the blind spots in traditional legal risk models, predictive behavioral AI use cases, and practical ways for legal teams to integrate AI and OSINT without overwhelming their workflows.

Thursday May 22, 2025

In this 41st episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed value-based billing, driving firmwide innovation, and cultivating a willingness to be engaged.

CLOC CGI 2025 Mixtape

Tuesday May 20, 2025

Tuesday May 20, 2025

I was lucky to have many great conversations with industry leaders at the 2025 CLOC (Corporate Legal Operations Consortium) Global Institute, which I captured in this #ReinventingProfessionals #Mixtape 😀 Thanks to the following participants for sharing their insights:🎙️ David Blazejewski (David Blaze), Chief Revenue Officer, TruthOrLie.ai 🎙️ Tim Brady, CEO, Colligo 🎙️ Laurie Ehrlich (she/her), Chief Legal Officer, Dioptra 🎙️ James Ferguson-Mahan, Enterprise Account Executive, DeepL 🎙️ Kathleen Hoffman, Account Executive, LegalMation 🎙️ Austin Holian, Director of Marketing and Partnerships, Clarra 🎙️ Sam Kidd, CEO, LawVu 🎙️ Bryan Kimes, Director of Legal Operations and Litigation Support, Philip Morris International 🎙️ Jessica King, Vice President of Legal Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, ContractPodAi 🎙️ Henal Patel, CEO, DocJuris 🎙️ Charles Post, Executive Vice President, Cimplifi 🎙️ Tim Prowitt, Head of Sales, PromptArmor 🎙️ Mark Redmayne, Senior Director of Legal Services, TCDI 🎙️ Shaunak Turaga, CEO, Docsum

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