Automates #19 - The one who makes all the change

27/02/2025 53 min

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Episode Synopsis

Change maker Jana Blount is our guest on this episode of Automates. Jana reflects on the opportunity she was given to embed a culture of radical change at DLA Piper, and how she has taken that forward into her own consulting business. The podcast covers:The concept of radical change vs the more commonly used term 'innovation'The definition of design thinkingThe aha moment of using design thinking to shift how people in a law firm thought about problemsJana's distaste for the word 'just' when it comes to 'just' a line item in a budget!The importance of allowing tech tools access to your 'good', to allow them to generate the 'great'The belief that AI and technology should be used to drive meaningful change in the legal profession, not just to make more money