Ziad Youssef, local lawyer and legal care advocate, sat down with Leo to talk about how he’s made a practice of noticing problems and intervening in them, how he earned success through service, and how he’s initiating systemic change in our community.  

Today, Ziad is working with cutting-edge legal technology that could cut down attorney time (and thus billable hours), making justice more accessible to everyone, and is also spearheading the #InclusionDeed initiative, an idea he had while walking on a treadmill just a couple weeks ago. 

Ziad’s success has been through service, and also through raising these leaders. He believes that the top leader of an organization or company needs to step back from the business itself, and interact with the broader community. To look out for the larger trends, changes, and issues. To use a ship metaphor, he’s not the captain or the crew - that’s what his leaders are responsible for: “I tell people now that my staff is directing the ship -  I'm directing the waves.”

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Hosted by Leo Cohen Produced and Edited by David Pender LofgrenRecorded and Mixed by Andy RickSocial Media: Cooper HansleyDigital Media Producer: Tiffany HoldenLogo: Sam VogtTheme Music: Aaron GuestRecording Studio: Binary Studios