Posts by Monica Zent
Are You Falling Behind on AI Trends? Here Are 4 Things All Small Businesses Should Know
Every year seems to have its business trends. Last year it was digital transformation. Before that, big data. This year, it’s artificial intelligence (AI). For small businesses, it can be hard to distinguish hype from reality. It can also be difficult to embrace AI with the same fervor as large companies because AI talent is scarce and expensive.…
Read MoreWhy Learning How to Code Will Make You a Better Leader
Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Dropbox’s Drew Houston and Instagram’s Kevin Systrom were all coders who parlayed that knowledge into creating companies. If you’ve created your own company without knowing how to code, congratulations. But if you want to successfully guide your company through the next decade of digital disruption, it might be a good idea to learn. Doing…
Read MoreWake Up GCs: You’re Your Companies’ Tech Visionaries
The reluctance of legal departments to adopt new technologies to improve their work is a tried but true narrative. While many general counsel are making progress in adopting technologies, perhaps by necessity as budgets shrink, there are still many GC at legal industry events who are avoiding technologies that have the potential to evolve their…
Read More5 Reasons Why Legal Ops Rules
A productivity revolution is afoot in the legal industry. The field of legal operations, which is tasked with cultivating in-house efficiency with a variety of techniques, has recently begun to enter the spotlight as the deservedly vital role it has been for quite some time. According to the Association of Corporate Counsel, nearly half of…
Read MoreThe Secrets to “Smart Collaboration” for Lawyers
What lawyer wouldn’t want to earn higher margins, inspire greater client loyalty, attract and retain the best talent and gain a competitive edge? According to Heidi Gardner, a former McKinsey consultant and Harvard Business School professor, now lecturing at Harvard Law School, the key to all these benefits is what Gardner calls “smart collaboration.” Based…
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