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Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

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Are you happy in your current role?

People & Leadership Talent Management & Performance

Yes

Unsure

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What percent of your IT leadership is women?

People & Leadership

5-9

10-14

15-20

20+

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What are the most common uses of Virtual/Augmented Reality in your company?

Augmented & Virtual Reality (AR/VR)

Skills training

Accident prevention training

Product design

Building information modeling

Tool for customer-facing staff

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Have blockchain projects meaningfully impacted your revenue or cost?

Blockchain

Yes

Too early to tell

Haven't invested

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Have chatbot projects meaningfully impacted your revenue or cost?

Bots

Yes

Too early to tell

Haven't invested

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Thinking about your organization as a whole, what would you say are its top business objectives for the next two years?

Strategy & Architecture

Growth / market share

Digital business / digital transformation

Profit improvement

Innovation / new products

Customer focus

Corporate M&A

Technology Improvements

Cost Optimization

Operations improvement

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Which browser do you use at work?

Applications & Platforms

Internet Explorer

Microsoft Edge

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Safari

Brave

Other

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Do you have remote employees on your team?

Talent Management & Performance

Yes

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How many direct reports away from the CEO is the senior-most security executive?

Security & GRC Team & Organizational Design

Direct report

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Has anyone evaluated or used AI-assisted tools for corporate debt, due diligence, or regulatory compliance?

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)2 months ago

Yes - ChatGPT and Gemini (Google). They are 90-95% accurate and effective for quick research, gut sense check answers, and high level analysis.

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As the legal industry increasingly embraces generative AI, what steps have you taken to ensure you have the necessary technical skills to meet the current and future challenges?

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)a month ago

Completing this course enabled me to develop AI to improve ways to summarise and communicate legal concepts/laws. I highly recommend it: https://executive.law.berkeley.edu/programs/generative-ai-for-the-legal-profession...read more

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Do you see a significant difference in the accuracy and performance of ChatGPT 4o over earlier versions when it comes to legal questions?

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Thoughts on this Gartner article: "Don't Rush to Appoint an AI Officer"? https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/don-t-rush-to-appoint-a-chief-ai-officer

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)6 months ago

I agree. Tucking it under the CTO or CIO certainly makes the most sense, but I don't yet see a general need for an "AI Officer." The technology is still too experimental, in my opinion, and needs some time to mature for ...read more

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What are some best practices for streamlining and consolidating vendor management processes?

Vendor Management

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)6 months ago

Typically I utilize the Pugh matrix for assessment of vendors at the preliminary stage. It eliminates subjective and discriminatory bias from the vetting/assessment process, balances pros and cons well, attributes appropriate ...read more

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Do you currently utilize Generative AI technologies in your legal department or practice? If not, do you have plans to do so in the upcoming year, or do you anticipate increasing your adoption of these technologies?

Legal Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Generative AI

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)10 months ago

Not personally. The use cases and results/outcome are far too unpredictable with high margin of error rates and false positives to rely on for effective legal strategy, planning, practice or advice. Doing so in my view at ...read more

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What do you believe was the most significant development or trend in the legal industry in the past year?

Peer Insights Legal

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)10 months ago

One of the most exciting and optimistic trends in the legal industry over the past year has been the widespread adoption of Generative AI, which is invigorating the legal community. As a legal professional, I've been ...read more

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Any thoughts on this survey response from Bloomberg Law’s second 2023 State of Practice Survey? "70% of 452 in-house and law firm attorneys surveyed said that it’s possible to use generative AI in legal practice without violating an ethical duty, and almost as many (66%) said it can be used without violating the ABA Model Rules or state equivalents." https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-lawyers-recognize-ethical-duty-to-understand-gen-ai

Generative AI Legal AI & Machine Learning

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)10 months ago

I find the survey results about attorneys' perspectives on generative AI in legal practice quite intriguing. It suggests a growing acceptance among legal professionals that AI can be integrated into their work without ...read more

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How can the principles of change management be applied to facilitate the integration of Generative AI technologies within the legal industry, ensuring optimal adoption, utilization, and mitigation of potential operational and ethical challenges?

Change & Release Management Generative AI

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)10 months ago

Applying change management principles to the integration of Generative AI in the legal industry is a fascinating challenge. First, I believe in the importance of educating legal teams about AI's capabilities and limitations, ...read more

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What strategies do you suggest for effectively managing cross-functional collaboration when introducing a new legal initiative?

Collaboration Solutions

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)a year ago

It’s important to get buy-in and understanding by explaining the “why” behind the initiative. If colleagues then understand the “why” (a/k/a the problem that needs to be addressed), collaboration will more welcome and help ...read more

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I would love to know your current thoughts on using GenAI as a tool within Legal/Compliance to help your business "self-serve" to answer those routine questions that can fill our mailboxes. Does it excite you? Scare you? Are you working towards it/experimenting already or is it in your future roadmap/something you would consider too risky now?

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)4 months ago

I'd say that possibility excites me. Unfortunately, it's probably too much to ask for a universal template and portal for customers and suppliers to use so that you have one form to rule them all, so as a next best scenario, ...read more

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Can you share any experiences or challenges you have encountered with IT outsourcing, and how you addressed these issues?

Applications & Platforms Data & Analytics Cloud+7 more

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)4 months ago

Quality control is one of the most critical aspects of IT outsourcing. When tasks or projects are handed over to an external team, maintaining the desired level of quality can be a challenge due to different working methods, ...read more

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I am in the process of reviewing the structure of my Compliance team and would appreciate it if anybody could help me by sharing the overall structure/org chart of their Compliance teams. I am particularly interested to learn about the roles reporting directly to the Chief Compliance Officer + one level below.

Team & Organizational Design

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)6 months ago

I'm in the banking arena, and ours is:

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
- VP Risk & Compliance
-- Manager, Compliance Advisory
-- 6 compliance personnel focusing on advising ...read more

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Are there any opportunities to work part time or do contract work? If so, what are some options other than document review?

Talent Sourcing & Hiring

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)6 months ago

I've not tried the service myself, but Lawtrades is growing in popularity. Lawtrades provides an online platform for bidding on this kind of work. They cater to legal professionals, including paralegals and legal opera...read more

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We recently had a couple of instances where an employee received, what they described, as a "fake" Docusign email. The email looks legit, originating from the standard DocuSign email address but the originating person and the associated email address and message are suspicious. We are investigating what options we may have to help filter and block these, but they are very difficult to identify since they are coming from a valid source. Have you encountered a similar situation? Have you figured out a way to prevent or block these emails?

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)6 months ago

Are you sure the email address was from DocuSign? Usually phishing emails try to mimic legitimate emails/domains but include subtle mistakes/variations (i.e. coming from docusign.org or from docus1gn.com). You should check ...read more

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What are your thoughts on ALSPs (alternative legal service providers) in the industry? How do you see them impacting traditional law firm models and client expectations in the coming years?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)7 months ago

ALSPs will certainly revolutionize the legal industry in years to come. They provide a more cost effective, creative, and efficient method for companies to address critical legal resource needs. They offer multiple contractual ...read more

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Legal teams have been advised to review outside counsel staffing. How does your legal department currently manage and monitor the composition of law firm project teams and ensure alignment of experience levels?

Process Management

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)8 months ago

In a word, communication...with both regular outside counsel and potential new law firms, we discuss the nature of the work and how best to approach. With budget pressure on all of us in-house, this communication is important, ...read more

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In your experience, what strategies foster effective communication and collaboration between legal operations and legal teams?

Process Management Relationship Management

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)9 months ago

Maintaining open and constant communication and making myself available as a resource is crucial. Even if I don't have all the answers, I believe in taking on the responsibility of finding solutions for our team. This ...read more

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What emerging trends or developments in legal operations do you find noteworthy or impactful?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies AI & Machine Learning

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)9 months ago

I'm sure many will echo the sentiment, but integrating AI into the legal landscape is genuinely fascinating. We're in the process of overhauling our outside counsel billing guidelines. Initially, I inserted language ...read more

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What should I be asking potential employers in job interviews that I might not be thinking about?

People & Leadership

Adina NewmanAI LegalTech Counsel & Legal Ops Innovation Leader | Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Advisor | LegalTech AI Advisor in Services (non-Government)9 months ago

Ask about compliance and how compliance is handled in the company if it’s not obvious. They may have compliance principles on their website. Ask how compliance is handled, whether or not it falls within the legal department, ...read more

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