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Linked – The Paradise Papers, Nuix and the repurposing of discovery tools and skills
Chris is right about this, as eDiscovery tools and skills become more and more focused on “finding the right information”, they cross over into a lot of other areas, investigations, information governance, HR, and on and on. “The object lesson for lawyers? The skills and tools which you originally acquire for eDiscovery open doors to…
Linked – Law Firms Start Training Summer Associates on Using Generative AI
I’ve been saying this to anyone who will listen to me rant about it. Your IT or Training and Development teams can only go so far when it comes to training for AI. We can do some training around prompting, show them where to click to enter a prompt, and even show them how to integrate the AI responses into their work.Â
What we can’t do is help them judge the results and iterate their prompts based on the results. That requires expertise in your practice area. That can only come from other lawyers. It’s also the much larger learning curve for working with AI.Â
Linked – The great AI skills disconnect – and how to fix it
Maybe we should forgive employees on the ground from doubting the public proclamations of an AI strategy. They’re on the ground, and they’ve heard other proclamations that don’t match what they see with their own eyes.Â
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Linked: Pandemic Leaves Firms Scrambling for Cybersecurity Specialists
I’m not sure that these companies have done the math. If enough experienced workers in an industry do more than switch between competing offers but step away from the industry into a different career path, there will not be enough experienced workers to go around.
What are you going to do about that? Sit around with unfilled positions and cry about it, or get serious about raising up the next generation of cybersecurity talent?
