ALISTAIR MAIDEN It’s a question I get asked frequently. “How do I get started with CLM?” Knowing how to get to a goal is not easy, especially when it’s in an area where you are not an expert, like tech. I know how this feels. When I was starting my very first CLM project,…
Your information architecture (IA) can strongly influence your employee and client experience. If it is not good, user experience will suffer, which causes frustration and productivity to plummet. For example, if you have poor IA, employees may spend more time finding information than completing tasks. First thing’s first though – what is Information Architecture and…
The definition of ‘data’ can be pretty ambiguous. The thought of dealing with it can also be very overwhelming. As you read this, what is popping into your mind if you need to picture ‘data’? Is it a spreadsheet full of numbers or statistics generated by different computer coding languages? None of these is wrong,…
Following on from my previous article, which you can read here, I wanted to explore in more detail the use case for data integrations, and compare them with data migrations; a separate but linked process which is also crucial to future-proofing your data landscape. MIGRATIONS Data migration and integration refers to the process of moving…
I was speaking to a legal operations manager last week who asked me about integrations and APIs; “I keep hearing about how I should be making more use of integrations and APIs, but I don’t know where to begin?” After a fruitful conversation, which I seem to be having more and more frequently, I thought…
Anglo American is a global organisation operating across many time zones, business units and jurisdictions. The Global Group Legal team was keen to move beyond simply managing risk and start delivering greater value to the business by becoming a genuinely strategic partner. They wanted a single view of matters and trends across all the jurisdictions…
In this episode Tyson speaks to Noah Waisberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Zuva, an AI company that helps people pull data out of contracts using their API which comes with 1,200 fields straight out of the box and can plug in to various existing applications. They discuss Noah’s ‘fairytale’ journey from New York corporate lawyer…
At SYKE we’re pleased to celebrate International Women’s Day in 2022 and help to #breakthebias. Both legal and tech have been historically male-dominated industries; we welcome the fact that this is rapidly changing. We’re also proud to not just talk the talk, but walk the walk too, with women making up 48% of our global…
Cinthia is a Legal Engineer in the TR team and she works with clients on HighQ and Contract Express. She demonstrates these technologies to clients in the US and shows them how the tech can improve efficiency and bring more effective results to a company´s work. Cinthia is based in Mexico City, Mexico. Tell us…
Emma is a Senior Legal Designer – her background as a lawyer helps her to understand the issues clients are facing because she’s probably faced them all herself! She helps clients understand where the problem is that needs fixing if they can’t see it clearly from within the mire and articulate the problem they want…