Legal project and portfolio management

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.

Learn more

• About Josh
• The BrainyActs newsletter
• About LOD
• About SYKE

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.

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:

• About LOD
• About Sterling
• Sterling's latest book: Showing the Value of the Legal Department: More Than Just a Cost Center
• LOD's article on Demonstrating the value of in-house legal

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:

• About LOD
• About Sterling
• Sterling's latest book: Showing the Value of the Legal Department: More Than Just a Cost Center

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.