You got the leadership title. 
Nobody told you that's not what makes people trust you.

Legal expertise got you promoted (or you...

I was the mediator in a mediation that collapsed after 1.5 hours.

And before you assume, no, it wasn't because I'm a bad media...

The question that changed how I work.

A client once looked at me across the mediation table and said:
"Why am I only hearing th...

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

That's a mistake.

Clients don't...

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...

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 built an entire practice on being responsive.”

I think a lot of barristers and senior lawyers relate to that.

Because re...

You let it in.

Interruptions.
“Quick questions.”
“Urgent.”

Now everything gets your time.

And your work—

waits.

→ You Wo...