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Lessons on Innovation Failure From the 99%    

Drawing on the experience of an admitted lawyer and business analyst, this session explores how small and medium law firms - the 98% of firms in Australia - are outmanoeuvring institutional competitors through innovation.

Reflecting and unpacking projects across his career, Timothy’s presentation is aimed at being an unvarnished insight into failure as a driving force for long-lasting change, directly challenging the obsession with technology as a means of solving business problems. Building on the importance of understanding how processes create value, this presentation seeks to engage firms and technology vendors in “food for thought” about the ways the 98% are innovating quickly and quietly.

3 Key Learnings

1. Though not all failure is equal, it is always a more reliable driver of improvement than success.
2. The 98% have an advantage in this race. Small & mid-size firms can move faster, experiment cheaper, and are gaining ground by developing their own solutions rather than relying on vendors.
3. Technology equalises the stakes. Market leaders will diversify services, deliver new value, and challenge the definition of legal services.

About Timothy

Timothy is a Brisbane based lawyer and business analyst who specialises in legal innovation and AI.

Long before ChatGPT, Timothy has been a force for organisational change focused around technology, automation and data driven analysis. At 22, Timothy was appointed the CEO of Youth Without Borders and saw the organisation through the financial collapse of the NFP sector through COVID. Leveraging the vacuum, Timothy expanded the organisation internationally. He has held a variety of senior strategic and operational roles in the business consulting, technology and legal industries. Timothy is recognised as a legal and technology subject expert, connecting the promise of technology to the vision of business.

Timothy advocates widely for businesses to be deliberate and clear about their needs, and the strategic value of building internal innovation capability in an age where the cost of technology is almost free.