Avoiding Stupidity at Work

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One Loop or Two?

Mike Tobias: Jun 8, 2024 10:35:05 AM

I've written previously about the effective application of the OODA loop to legal operations, and also where it doesn't apply. While it is a very useful tool in the right context, it is insufficient without being an embedded component in a learning...

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From Fighter Pilots to General Counsel: Using The OODA LOOP

Mike Tobias: May 23, 2024 8:00:31 AM

I had the good fortune to attend a session at Alternative Events’ Tech Summit where Andrew Cooke, General Counsel at TravelPerk, was speaking. While the content of all the sessions at the Summit was excellent, Andrew surprised me by referencing John...

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The Best LegalTech Stack is No LegalTech Stack- part II

Mike Tobias: Apr 18, 2024 11:04:08 AM

Now with the preamble out of the way from Part I, let's drill down into the LegalTech Stack issue.

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The Best LegalTech Stack is No LegalTech Stack - part I

Mike Tobias: Apr 17, 2024 11:42:09 AM

I'm fortunate that next week I'll be attending the Alternative Events In-House Technology Summit in the UK. I'm looking forward to seeing some old friends and making some new ones (assuming the coffee will be strong and plentiful enough to counteract the...

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LegalOps PizzaGenics: What Could Go wrong?

Mike Tobias: Feb 17, 2024 9:05:27 AM

Last week, when introducing a new series of posts we intend to produce, we received feedback from some very scholarly people that "nobody has ever heard of the word iatrogenics!" and that we were using terms that would alienate and confuse people.

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LegalOps Iatrogenics: When a Good Idea Can Go Very Wrong

Mike Tobias: Feb 11, 2024 9:19:15 AM

This is the introduction to what I hope will be an ongoing series of posts. It may be slightly less regular than I’d like, but I’m going to start nevertheless and hope that it forces me to create a new habit.

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Parasitic Integrations vs. Symbiotic

Mike Tobias: Jan 9, 2024 10:13:30 AM

Perhaps it’s a byproduct of the winner take all mentality of Silicon Valley. Or maybe it’s a manifestation of a selfish “I gotta get mine” ethos that seems to be growing in our increasingly isolationist society.

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Addition Sickness & Software

Mike Tobias: Nov 26, 2023 1:30:53 PM

Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao, in their upcoming work entitled "The Friction Project," identify a phenomenon they call "addition sickness" in organizations.¹

You're Busy. So Don't Hire a Manager!

Mike Tobias: Jun 11, 2023 8:02:41 PM

We're all busy. Chronically so. As Henry David Thoreau said,

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Will AI Fix Work?

Mike Tobias: May 24, 2023 2:52:45 PM

TLDR: Nope. Sorry, problems with work are bigger than even AI's capabilities.