CLOC Talk

Thomson Reuters Senior Council, Raees Nakhuda, and Product Executive, Nick Vandivere join host Jenn McCarron and co-host Tommie Ferreira to discuss the evolving and changing landscape of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. In their conversation, they debunk some misconceptions about AI and share real-world opportunities for machine learning.

Thank you to Thomson Reuters for sponsoring this episode. 

This week we go on tour, with host Jennifer McCarron, Head of Legal Operations and Tech at Netflix, and CLOC Talk co-host Tommie Ferreira, Head of Legal Operations at Cedar, live from the CLOC stage in New York.

Special thanks to our audience participants:

Sandy Karow, Lewis Bretts, Matt Patel, and Stacy Walsh.

And a very special thanks to our sponsors:

Malbec, Brightflag, and Thomson Reuters

We can't wait to see you all LIVE in person at CGI Vegas 2023.

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Jo Vong, of Plaid, and Sheena Ferrari, of Zendesk, join Jenn in her studio to continue the conversation about how to feed your creative impulses while being a legal ops leader.

In this casual legal ops chit-chat Jo, Sheena, and Jenn lay out the creative tools they use at work, the best chicken recipes, and why everything needs to be in the right place.

Mary O’Carroll, Chief Community Officer at Ironclad, and host Jenn McCarron catch up with a real talk session after their latest Ironclad webinar. This no holds barred conversation will have you laughing and crying as these two legal ops innovators go deep. Level Up Your Legal Ops Webinar

SHOW NOTES:

• Document management solutions for in-house - Friend or folklore?
• ChatGPT - how will it impact the legal industry? will it replace lawyers? (Answer: never)
• David Goggins, military special ops and why supplemental reading, creative outlets, and fighting the war within build a legal ops warrior mentality.

Jason Barnwell, General Manager for Digital Transformation of Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs at Microsoft, and Jae Um, Founder & Executive Director at Six Parsecs, join CLOC Talk host Jenn McCarron to discuss a wide range of juicy legal ops topics. They cover everything from the difference between rules and principles to effective leadership styles and all the multitudes in between. This trio of industry thought leaders will have you going "Ah Ha!", "Oh Wow!" and "So True!" over and over again.

David Cowen is a connector. For 20 years, he's connected major players across the legal industry. He is also the founder of SOLID. In today's episode of CLOC Talk, Jenn, and David discuss imposter syndrome and how you can stay inspired and curious in today's legal ops ecosystem.

Check out SOLID here: https://www.solid.legal/

Jenn McCarron interviews her colleague Director of Global Inclusion Initiatives & Insights at Netflix, Cristina Hernandez about her role and passion for inclusion in the workplace.

Link to article Cristina mentions in the episode: https://hbr.org/2021/12/connect-with-empathy-but-lead-with-compassion

Listen to legal ops leaders, Jenn McCarron, Jo Vong, and Sheena Ferrari discuss how they've leveraged creative outlets to inspire their work. The group also discusses how building confidence in showing up authentically has been a journey to fulfillment and success.

In this episode CLOC Talk host, Jenn McCarron is joined co-host Tommie Ferreira, Director of Legal Operations at Peloton Interactive. Jenn and Tommie sit down with Chad Aboud, a former General Counsel at an international tech company and Colin Levy, Director of Legal and Evangelist at Malbek and get real about the failures and pains along the CLM implementation path. Their discussion covers:

• Lessons learned from previous failed attempts
• Listening and understanding diverse perspectives and experiences
• Translating these experiences into a busines case
• Celebrating successes and setting milestones along the way

This episode is in collaboration with Malbek, a contract lifecycle management software provider.

As the CLOC EMEA Summit wraps, Jenn McCarron sits down with CLOC EMEA Leader and Board Member, Aine Lyons to reflect on the journey and what lays ahead for the legal ops community.

Topics discussed include:

• The growth of the profession
• The reality of driving change
• Mental wellbeing

A special thank you to our CLOC Talk Live from London sponsors, Pinsent Masons.