CANLIF Legal Department Roundtable

Mastering Change Management

June 2nd, 12-1.30pm ET

Virtual Event

 

The Canadian Legal Innovation Forum, in association with iManage, will be hosting its second exclusive virtual roundtable on June 2nd focused on how legal departments are mastering change management.

The purpose of the roundtable is to gather a small group of legal department leaders to discuss issues around change management in their organizations including foundations of change management, frameworks to approach change management with, key steps in the change management process and examples of change management in action.

The roundtable will have approximately 15 participants from legal departments across Canada and the discussion will be under Chatham House Rule. It will be underpinned by findings from the recent CANLIF Legal Department Survey.

Structure:

Accreditation:

Law Society of Ontario: This program contains 1.5 hours of Professionalism Content.
Law Society of BC: This program is accredited for 1.5 hours of CPD.

Topics for discussion:

  • Foundations of change management in legal departments. What fundamentals need to be in place for successful change management initiatives to succeed in legal departments and their wider organizations?

  • Frameworks to approach change management initiatives in your legal department to drive change in your wider organization.

  • People and process. How to build consensus internally, put the right teams in place, enhance processes and apply metrics to change management.

  • The role of technology in change management. How does implementing new technology and leveraging existing technology support change management initiatives? And best practices on working with third party partners to deliver results.

  • Real world examples of effective change management in action. Delivering and iterating on strategy, driving adoption and focusing on the end-user experience. As well as things to avoid to ensure change management initiatives succeed.

Roundtable Chairs

 

Jenn Smyth-Whelly, Strategy + Operations Advisor, LexGo

I am an executive leader, who has led strategic change within tech companies of varying sizes and stages of growth and have held leadership positions across the business, including Strategy & Operations, Professional Services, IT/Data, Product Management and Human Resources
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I am an expert at figuring how the pieces come together to make a business tick. I build high-performing teams and winning strategies through alignment and dialogue. My unique experience allows me to deliver high-value assets that elevate your legal team within the business.

Learn more @ www.lexgo.ca

Andrew Bowyer, Founder, The Canadian Legal Innovation Forum (ADB Insights)

Andrew Bowyer is the founder of ADB Insights - a Vancouver based media and consulting company. ADB Insights convenes forums, workshops and digitally based platforms focused on change in the professional services sector - including the Canadian Legal Innovation Forum and The Canadian Estates Forum.

Andrew also provides consulting services for companies’ business development, strategy and content. Andrew has also worked as an editorial consultant/writer for Bloomberg Law for projects focused on the US legal market.

Andrew spent the first 13 years of his career in London and New York in various, globally focused roles at the Financial Times, Bloomberg and a strategy consulting firm focused on the global legal sector. He returned to Vancouver to set up ADB Insights in 2018.