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.

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 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 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.

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 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 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.

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.

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 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 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 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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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’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.

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.