From Talk to Action: Inside ALPMA’s Changing Legal Landscape with Carl Olson

Host Chantal McNaught talks with Dye & Durham’s APAC MD, Carl Olson, about ALPMA’s Changing Legal Landscape report. They discuss the near-ubiquitous AI trial among practitioners, widening governance gaps, the sharp rise in wellbeing initiatives, and the real psychological load of cybersecurity incidents. Carl outlines what forward-facing firms are actually doing: holistic programmes that blend policy, process, capability-building, and technology. The conversation also challenges assumptions about flexible work and the four-day week, and why the best research often leaves us with more questions than tidy answers.

Carl and Chantal reveal:

• The scope of the report and the importance of this research.
• Wellbeing momentum and clear implementation gaps.
• Generative AI adoption and where firms are looking to improve on governance.
• Challenging the stereotype that lawyers are slow adopters.
• Cybersecurity priorities and the cost of hypervigilance and leadership stress.
• What leading firms do through holistic transformation.
• Carl's favourite song.

Links

• Deep dive into the research discussed from the Changing Legal Landscape Report
• More information about the Australasian Law Practice Managers Association (ALPMA) is available here: https://www.alpma.com.au/research/
• Here is the Cyber Security Emotional Wellness Checklist by Professor Liz Howard mentioned on the show.

Disclosure: This episode was brought to you by the generosity of Dye & Durham APAC. Without partners like Dye & Durham, we would not be able to produce this content for listeners. In the development of this episode, we have retained full editorial control.

Correction: Carl described a cyber security incident occurring from the New South Wales "Reconstruction Agency". The incident involved the New South Wales Reconstruction Authority and that was a data breach. More about this data breach can be read here.