CLOC Talk

Jenn McCarron sits down with global recruitment strategy leader, and self-described Neurodiversity Warrior, Colin Minto to discuss the importance of compassion and understanding for leaders moving us into the future. Some tips discussed include:

• Use curiosity paired with compassion as a tool to understand your colleagues' individual struggles
• Understand people from an emotional index with active listening and empathy.
• Don't act alone! Get back to community, building it, contributing to it, and leveraging it when you need it.

To learn more about Colin and his mission to support forward thinking organizations with their neurodiversity journey, please visit: www.doitdifferently.club

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

Industry leaders, Jenn McCarron and Mary O'Carroll are back sharing their unfiltered thoughts and hot takes. Listen in to their chat on:

• What they're reading
• HOT TAKE: Where you should really start
• Why lawyers hate CLM
• Career paths

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

Jenn McCarron sits down with Mike Naughton, Vice President of Marketing at legal tech startup, xMentium, to weave tales and tips on marketing, storytelling and reveal a slew of legal ops hot tips for success. Key takeaways include:

• The role of language in contracting
• Meeting Lawyers where they are, and wrapping service layers around the rest
• Take risks, take a point of view, take a guess, keep your innovation cycle times short and your read outs loud

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

Co-Hosts Nick Cranfield and Jenn McCarron take you around the CLOC EMEA Summit hallways talking to attendees and sponsors. This episode will transport you to the center of the event action. Listen in to hear attendees discuss their favorite take-a-ways, both learning and swag.

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

Co-Host, Nick Cranfield discusses a genuine partnering approach that is needed to make a success of delivering innovative legal services with David Halliwell and Michael Zollner of Pinsent Masons Vario. Together they discuss:

• The market shift from transactional to transformational client and counsel relationships
• Establishing long-term plans and goals together
• Signs of successful relationships

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

Jenn McCarron sits down with Legal Ops 101 speaker, Adam Becker and attendee, Camilla Berglund to discuss easy and early wins for the new legal ops professional. Their conversation covers:

• The objective of CLOC's Legal Ops 101 foundational training
• Leaning in and learning from the legal ops community
• Leveraging small moments to demonstrate your expertise

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

Jenn McCarron leads the opening session at the 2022 CLOC EMEA Summit discussing the art of storytelling in professional contexts with Maurus Schreyvogel and Emer Kelly. Listen to the group discuss driving change through a narrative arch.

• Act I - The Characters: Getting to know your protagonists and influencers.
• Act II - The Conflict: Understanding the and the hesitations.
• Act II - The Resolution: Offering a solution that leads to better outcomes for your characters.

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

In this episode CLOC Talk host, Jenn McCarron is joined by new co-host Tommie Ferreira, Director of Legal Operations at Peloton Interactive. Jenn and Tommie sit down with VillageMD’s General Counsel, Wendy Rubas and members of their legal operations team, Legal Ops Lead, Demetrios Kirvassilis and Contracts Manager, Mical Tesfazghi Yibrah to discuss how they’ve built a team with diverse skill sets that have directly contributed to their success as a new legal ops function.

In this episode, CLOC Talk host, Jenn McCarron, is joined by Carl Morrison, Director of Legal Operations and the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, Tom Stephenson, Director of Legal Operations at Credit Karma and Kyle Marks, Director, Customer Success at Athennian. They discuss why legal operations professionals can leverage a tech stack, and why entity management software should play an integral role in that tech stack.

This episode is in collaboration with Athennian, an entity and subsidiary management software provider.

This special teaser episode includes highlights from several episodes in the 2022 CGI Digital Experience. CLOC Talk host Jenn McCarron, member of the CLOC Board of Directors and Director of Legal Operations and Technology at Netflix, is joined by guest co-hosts Tom Stephenson, Director of Legal Operations at Credit Karma and Carl Morrison, Director of Legal Operations at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, to interview speakers and attendees at the 2022 CLOC Global Institute in Las Vegas. Conversations covered a wide range of topics from tech implementations to key leadership skills for effective change management. 

Want to hear more? Check out the CGI Digital Experience package to access the full lineup of engaging conversations! 

This sample episode includes clips from interviews with the following legal industry thought leaders: 

• Frances Pomposo, Senior Director Legal Operations & Chief of Staff to General Counsel at Workday 
• Troy Dunham, Senior Director of IT Applications Legal & GRC at ServiceNow 
• Andrew Brereton, Vice President Legal Operations at ServiceNow 
• Jacklynn Pham, User Experience Designer 
• Jason Barnwell, General Manager for Digital Transformation of Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs at Microsoft 
• Jae Um, Founder & Executive Director at Six Parsecs