Gerd Leonhard, Futurist CEO of The Futures Agency

Author & Strategist

The future of law, technology and business in a digital world

“The purpose of looking at the future is to disturb the present” *Gaston Berger

Your Future Clients

Will their next lawyer be... an App?

Expect many interesting aberrations...

Empowerment. Empowerment. Empowerment

Source: Monty Metzger Monty.de

From Empires to Networks

Source: ConnectedTheMovie Tiffany Shlain

From ... ... to (and!)

The Networked Society - fundamental changes in how we live, work,

communicate, buy, consume and create

One to many Many to Many

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w firm Networked law firm

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Journalist 2.0Future Businesses Models: based on adding new values all the time

A different worldview on Control, Ownership, Authority...

Peer-to-Peer Collaboration. Unbundling. Desintermeditation. Fragmentation.

Meritocracy | Level playing fields

Perceived loss of ‘default expert’ status

Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com:

“This isn’t just about Arab spring. This is about corporate spring.” 

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Are you still ‘trading on information asymmetries’ ?

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The Internet’s Value Paradigm Challenge

Apps: towards new roles in a digital ecosystem

Real-time / Nowness

Image Source: Alan Moore via Slideshare

Virtual Services, Telepresence, Google+ Hangouts, Facetime, Skype 3D...

The tyranny of transparency- you ain’t seen nothing yet!

Kevin Kelly on Media: apply to legal professions?

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Legal

A wider range of currencies...

The New Generatives of the Legal Profession?

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Lawyers& Legal Services

added values

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added values

L a w y e r s & L e g a l S e r v i c e s

Added Value

Will be

Added Value

Added Value

Added Value

Will be...

Added Value

Added Value

Added Value

Added Value

You can’t outsource...

Creativity

Experiences

Human Relationships

Trust

Ingenuity

Technology. Technology. Technology.

HUMANITY

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We used to be... People of the Book

Hat tip to Kevin Kelly

People of the Screen... do they still need us?

How mobile and how visual are you?

Source: Peter Leyden

Source: KPBC Mary Meeker

Soon: the Law Cloud...?

Data Curation needs experts

The Future: ‘Inter-Connected Business Models’

From value chains to value circles *Umair Haque

You are in the Content Business

You are Brands... that Publish

Trust is your currency

The Future: Interaction before Transaction

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It’s about Human Brands

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Do people LIKE their law firm?

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Summary

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Trust is the new CurrencyData is the new Oil

Interaction before TransactionReturn on Involvement

Shoot for Speed & NowNessSocial Local Mobile Video Cloud

Build Human BrandsInvent New GenerativesAccept Loss of Control

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