While many businesses are still maturing their sourcing strategies, several clear patterns have emerged amid a hybrid environment undergoing rapid change and strain. It’s a transformation that is playing out across five key areas: an evolving delivery ecosystem; a new partnership ethos; a shifting provider mindset; the growing role of procurement; and the rising complexity of deals as providers and buyers adapt to these fast-moving changes.
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Shadow AI is no longer a fringe issue—it’s a mainstream reality inside most organizations. While the risks are real—ranging from security breaches to compliance failures—it also represents a powerful signal: Your workforce is ready, willing, and already experimenting with AI to solve real problems. Organizations that respond with rigid control will stifle innovation. Those that respond with clear strategy, empowered oversight, and curated choice will unlock AI’s full potential—safely and at scale.
As regulatory complexity intensifies and business operations accelerate, legal departments face mounting pressure to deliver more—with greater speed, precision, and strategic insight—while managing costs and demonstrating value. Yet many remain constrained by traditional service models that struggle to scale with these evolving demands. This gap has created perfect conditions for innovation and unlocking efficiency and growth with legal managed services, which now represents a new paradigm on how legal work gets done in an increasingly complex business environment.
The standard corporate/business governance review does not meet basic cost-benefit tests. They take time and resources and significantly impact corporate identity but do not provide sufficient benefits, other than avoiding basic legal, compliance, and disclosure issues.
The Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into business strategies has become a pivotal step for organizations that are aiming to create or maintain a competitive edge. And making the right AI vendor selection will be critical toward that end. With this AI governance playbook, learn how you can evaluate AI vendors to ensure that the chosen provider not only prioritizes the company’s strategic goals but also offers a significant return on investment, while protecting data and complying with regulatory standards.
Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is more than a technological upgrade—it’s a fundamental shift in operations, with the potential to impact every facet of business, from customer interactions to internal workflows. Unlike traditional automation, agentic AI employs a more sophisticated “understand-decide-act” process, making autonomous decisions based on data analysis and defined objectives.
Owners of family businesses sometimes find themselves spending more time working in the business than working on it, specifically on ensuring its longevity. This is partly due to dynamics which may require owners to choose between what’s optimal for their business and what’s best for their family.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming an integral part of our daily lives and workplaces. With AI’s growing prevalence, organizations must consider developing not only an AI strategy but also a robust internal AI policy. This guide outlines the reasons for establishing an internal AI policy, the stakeholders involved, essential policy components, and best practices for communication and implementation. HR departments should also create their own AI policies, focusing on areas such as recruitment, onboarding, training, timekeeping, and compliance.
With artificial intelligence’s (AI) prevalence, companies must consider developing not only an AI strategy but also a robust internal AI policy. Download this checklist for a step-by-step guidance on how to create an internal AI policy for your organization. For the in-depth insights on developing an internal AI policy, explore the Comprehensive Guide.
While business continuity planning and good crisis management are important, organizational resilience encompasses much more. An integrated approach to resilience provides organizations a competitive advantage over less-prepared peers, as well as the ability to adapt to constantly changing external circumstances. Organizations would be well-served to adopt a structured, disciplined resilience approach that accounts for situations in which multiple risk events interact.