I’m launching the Successful Innovation Learning Outcomes Notebook.

It’s a deliberately bounded experiment with independent value, built to make my work easier to explore, question, apply, and build upon through an AI-assisted interface.

To create it, I took the PDF of my book, Successful Innovation Outcomes in Law: A Practical Guide for Law Firms…

Beyond Hallucination: Semantic Laundering, Semantic Stewardship, and Prompting Aikido in Human-AI Collaboration

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The primary conversation surrounding generative artificial intelligence centers on factual fabrication: hallucination. While hallucination matters, it represents a crude and easily detected failure mode. This paper identifies a second, quieter epistemic risk: semantic laundering. Large language models produce exceptionally fluent, coherent, and…

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In 1980, I wrote a senior thesis paper called “Imagination: A Romantic Ideal.” My investigation then was a critique of the German and English Romantics who, in their zeal to undo the “damage” of Enlightenment Reason, merely erected a new idol: The Imagination.

Through a concrete analysis of Keats and Poe, I discovered a truth…

After a truly rewarding run, I am concluding my service as the Director of the Center for Law, Technology & Innovation at Michigan State University College of Law.

It has been an immense privilege to work with so many brilliant students, dedicated faculty, and professional colleagues. I am incredibly proud of what we built together…

I’m excited to announce the launch of Personal Strategy Compass, my new premium newsletter focused on helping professionals implement Personal Quarterly Offsites (PQOs) in their lives and careers. Subscribe here.

Does this seem all too familiar?

Late on Sunday night, sleep eludes you. Your law practice is successful by any objective measure, but…

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If innovation is on your law department’s agenda for 2024, this message is for you. As 2024 draws to a close, I’ve found myself reflecting on how far the world of law department innovation has come—and how much work remains. There’s one small problem: I have only one or two open slots left for 2024…

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Is your leadership team asking for more innovation from your law department? Is delivering innovation results on your department or personal annual objective list?

C-suites are demanding that their general counsels and law departments accelerate their efforts to keep pace with innovation goals across the organization. They want their law departments to be as creative…

I’m wrapping up a busy semester. Lots of AI. I taught a class called AI and the Law and did a 3-session mini-class called the LegalRnD Studio at Michigan State University College of Law to teach students and others about AI prompting. I have a couple of other AI CLE presentations coming up in June…