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Thriving in an AI-native future only can be assured by upskilling of patent professionals and by redesigning patent-centric workflows and business models to preserve or create value.

Corporate bed checks persist as a marker of toxicity, frustration, and unfulfilled individual and group potential. Enlightened leaders lead and manage based on empowerment and trust, not control and mistrust. In so doing, they reap rewards for all to enjoy.

As AI patent drafting technologies become increasingly sophisticated, law firms and alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) may confront client resistance to paying fees and rates in line with pre-AI patent prosecution models. To navigate the new normal, practitioners and their organizations need to take a reflective, proactive approach.

Patrick Lencioni's "The 6 Types of Working Genius" offers powerful insights for diagnosing what may be holding back your legal or IP team, and structuring your team to be impactful and high-functioning.

Some law firm lawyers are overconfident when perceiving the health of their client relationships. The good news is that outside counsel can drive stronger client relationships without necessarily becoming in-house lawyers. To do so, they need to get out of the project bubble and rewire their thinking.

In its immediate aftermath, team restructuring commonly anoints both winners and losers. Sometimes overlooked are restructuring’s potential insidious, lasting effects on an organization. C-suite executives, organizational leaders, and other relevant decision-makers can leverage the following tips to increase restructuring’s benefits and reduce its human costs and disruptions.

Executive management in organizations should look beyond tactical excellence to ensure that managerial positions in IP and legal teams are held by highly effective managers and leaders. To help assess the effectiveness of an individual as a manager and leader, executives can determine if, and to what extent, the individual operates with a scarcity mindset or an abundance mindset. A manager who operates with an abundance mindset brings substantial benefits to an organization.

Back in 2019, I penned two satirical "love letters," the first sent by a fictitious IP client to its fictitious law firm, the second ...

Leaders who operate according to a scarcity mindset bring underperformance and toxicity to organizations.

It’s no secret that life in a law firm can be stressful no matter one’s position and seniority. Pressure to bill hours and maximize...