The assumption is that legal expertise, combined with AI capability, identifies top performers.

That's a mistake.

Clients don't...

Most barristers and senior lawyers already know what needs action.

The hard conversation that needs to happen.
The decision tha...

Everyone is talking about how AI will change legal practice.

It will.

Repetitive and legal work will get done faster.

Informatio...

I was engaged by a law firm as a consultant to help resolve "issues" between the partners.

The partners weren't aligned.
→ Deci...

One thing that frustrates me about the way many barristers and lawyers prepare for mediation...

They prepare extensively for t...

In legal practice, some of the most expensive problems are the ones nobody talks about.

Not the complex matters.

The delayed di...

The most dangerous person in a difficult conversation usually isn’t the loudest one.

It’s the person who becomes too certain t...

I’ve been away for four weeks on vacation.

Cruise: Brisbane to Seattle.
Swam with reef sharks and sting rays in Morea.
Seattle: ...

It is 8:14 pm.

You’ve been working since 8:00 am or before.

And the thing that needed your best thinking today is still sitting...