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Our thirst for technology to do more, be more and solve more is unquenchable. So too is our desire to have our privacy protected. Is it possible to have both exist in tandem?

Profile: Christine Desaulniers and Frédéric Pérodeau talk about the importance of creating supportive networks, being open to new ideas and planning for the future.

Is your team agreeing with you because it's a good idea or because you're the boss? How do you make it safe for them to suggest other approaches? How do you create a culture in which innovation thrives?

In recent years, “innovation” has become the legal industry buzzword that everyone is talking about. However, the true purpose and mechanics of innovation have largely been lost in myth and mystique.

I embrace innovation in my day-to-day work. I fiddle with our available technology. I habitually customize tracking spreadsheets. I kneel at the altar of internal optimization. My colleagues are either inordinately gracious or they sincerely appreciate my efforts. Internal innovation seems welcome. However, I have found client-facing innovation is not necessarily so.

Through proper stakeholder engagement, evaluation and implementation, we’ve been able to leverage innovations to help expand our legal operations and increase our value proposition at Pivotal.

Many departments in a company, like many sectors of the corporate world, embrace technology and innovation quickly, while others, like legal, seem to get left behind. We in the law group here at Bruce Power, however, focus on getting ahead.

As the first GC at a company, this author learned the importance of relationships, transferrable skills, being flexible and staying true to herself—and her knowledge continues to grow with her experience.

Stop focusing on fires, and start thinking more broadly about your organization and your role in it. Let its strategy be your guide to more meaningful action and success. Strategic management professor Mara Lederman helps you cut through the buzzwords to explain what strategy is, what role it plays in an organization and why it matters to in-house counsel specifically.

Knowing yourself intimately, from emotional intelligence to communication style and personality strengths and weaknesses, will help you relate to your colleagues and perform at a higher level. CliftonStrengths is one assessment tool gaining traction.