Pioneers and Pathfinders: Two-Year Retrospective

As we start year three of Pioneers and Pathfinders, we'd like to pause and reflect on what we've learned from talking to nearly 100 change-makers in the profession.

Looking back over the past two years of guests, we see a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives: different generations, different paths, and different areas of focus—legal ops, legal tech, law education, working in the A2J space, and attorney well-being, among others. We've covered a lot of ground. Obviously, we cannot recap everything we have discussed, but as we think about change in the profession, certain themes seem to emerge from the conversations. For these purposes though, let's focus on the corporate legal landscape. The thesis of today’s episode is simple: That landscape has become more complex over the past few years—complexity only fueled by the pandemic.

We tend to extol the virtues of simplicity, and rightly so, but complexity has its own virtue, opening both organizational and individual opportunities. Managing complexity is its own challenge, but in speaking with our pathfinders, we find certain markers of success.

Listen in for insights from several of our previous guests:

• Zach Abramowitz
• Manar Morales
• Dr. Larry Richard
• Lucy Bassli
• Nicole Black
• Bill Henderson
• David Wang
• Haley Altman
• Jae Um
• Stephanie Corey
• Kunoor Chopra
• Amani Smathers
• Ivy Grey
• Alma Asay
• David Cunningham

Our thanks to each of you for listening to the podcast. We know your time is valuable, and we appreciate you taking some of that time to join us every week.

 

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