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Dave Schwab is the chief product officer at AdvoLogix, overseeing
ongoing development and support of the company's core matter
management product. He also leads the vision and direction for new
solutions that leverage emerging technologies to provide innovative
ways for legal professionals to deliver services. His extensive
technology and product management experience includes nearly 13
years with Accenture in various roles, most recently leading digital
transformation initiatives with Accenture Digital's Industry X.0,
which combines emerging, connected and smart technologies to
digitally transform industry.
Remote work success requires the ability to quickly scale to take
advantage of new opportunities. Do you have the capability to remotely
handle a large case if it comes in tomorrow? The time to answer that question
is now, not when the case shows up.
Review the technology you already have, and determine how well it
handles the work you routinely perform and whether there are any gaps or
room for improvement. Those gaps are where you should be investing the
money you save from remote work, so that you can continue to offer clients
the most innovative service and the ability to scale to meet their needs down
the road.
While digital technologies require an initial investment, they're almost
infinitely scalable, allowing you to inexpensively add processing power,
storage and bandwidth. Such affordable scalability is not possible with
manual labor – and certainly not with office space. A perfect case study is
Automattic – a company that is entirely remote and posts $3 billion in annual
revenues with fewer than 2,000 employees. Many firms like to think that
they can't succeed without traditional offices, but success stories from the tech
world suggest otherwise.
By embracing remote work and adopting the right tools, law firms
can best position themselves to increase automation and harness the kinds
of insights from analytics that will create a massive competitive advantage
and enable them to capitalize on the new opportunities arising from today's
uncertain times. ILTA
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The first fully-virtual ILTA conference has ended, but has
it? Continue your learning with some podcasts! On deck
and with more to come, are a few awesome interviews.
First, check out ILTA Partner Mobliciti! Co-
founder and CEO Shane Taylor sits down to talk
innovation, mobile solutions, and much more
in this brave-new-world of 2020.
Interested in learning more about innovation
in an international arena? Check out the all-
new ILTA Radio podcast with Invest Northern
Ireland! This podcast covers why you should
consider an international location, how
technology can change your company's plans,
and so much more! Check out the podcast and
look for a webinar from a global perspective
coming in Q1 2021.
With a look to innovation, automation, and AI,
ILTA Publications sits down with the Olenick
Professional Services Team to talk all things
ILTA>ON and much more!
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