starting with yes: how lawyers can become early adopters of technology
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Leveraging Tech for Legal September 21, 2016
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It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
-Charles Darwin
What is Evolve Law?
Darwin Talk
Starting with Yes
How Lawyers Can Become Early Adopters of
Technology
You’re wired to say NO.
Lawyers are Skeptics
Lawyers Average
Source: Herding Cats: The Lawyer Personality Revealed, Dr. Larry RIchard
You say NO for a Living and Risk Aversion Serves You Well with Clients
90th Percentile
50h Percentile
Lawyers Have Low Resilience
Lawyers Average
Source: Herding Cats: The Lawyer Personality Revealed, Dr. Larry RIchard
Average of 30th percentile & 90% score below the 50th Percentile
30th Percentile
50h Percentile
You have been trained to say NO.
You’ve had career success saying NO.
You get very good at saying NO.
So what happens when
you see new technology?
Resist the urge to say NO.
“You didn’t grow up
driving…you figured it out.”
-Gary Vaynerchuk
You’re Smart, You can Figure it Out!
